Hepatotoxic effect of Aralia mandshurica dried root extract in pigs

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-61

  Burgos, Rafael A ^a,d   Hancke, Juan L ^b   Cáceres, Dante D ^a   Wilkman, Georg ^a   Fuenzalida, Hector ^c  

^a Taubor Research   (Chile)

^b Swedish Herbal Institute   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aralia mandshurica; hepatotoxicity; pigs; subchronic toxicity; transaminases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARALIA MANDSHURICA EXTRACT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT ROOT; SWINE;

ARALIA MANDSHURICA;

EID: 0031058220     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199702)11:1<59::AID-PTR944>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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