Anticoagulant activity and toxicity profiles of Melastoma malabathricum linn. leaf extract

• Main Author: Manicam, Caroline
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Anticoagulants (Medicine); Melastomataceae; Toxicity testing
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/84970/1/FBSB%202011%2045%20ir.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/84970/

The increased rates of thrombotic diseases contribute to the high number of morbidity and deaths worldwide each year. For many decades, the use of anticoagulant drugs, namely warfarin, heparin and their derivatives in the prevention and treatment of these maladies remain indisputable. Although th...