Toxicity of Senna obtusifolia fresh and fermented leaves (kawal), Senna alata leaves and some products from Senna alata on rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 324-330

  Yagi, S M ^a   El Tigani, S ^a   Adam, S E I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Kaempferol; Kawal; Senna alata; Senna obtusifolia; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SENNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031843758     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<324::AID-PTR300>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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