The
albino rats were procured from Sri Venkateshwara
Enterprises, Bangalore. The animals were housed under
ambient temperature of 28 ± 2ºC and 50 ± 2% relative
humidity with 12 hr light / 12 hr dark cycle. Prior approval
by institutional ethics committee (Ref No. IAEC / XIII /
05 / SRCP / 2011) was obtained for conduction of
experiments. The study was conducted in Smt. Sarojini
Ramulama College of Pharmacy, Mahabub Nagar, Andhra
Pradesh-509 001.