Toxic and hypericaemic effects of Opuntia megacantha extract in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 389-391

  Bwititi, Phillip ^a   Zamurawo, Mika ^a   Mabhachi, George ^a   Mashanga, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Optuntia megacantha; Rats; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; OPUNTIA MEGACANTHA EXTRACT; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FLUID INTAKE; HYPERURICEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

OPUNTIA MEGACANTHA;

EID: 0030791730     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199708)11:5<389::AID-PTR112>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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