Subchronic oral toxicity of turmeric and ethanolic turmeric extract in female mice and rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-193

  Deshpande, S S ^a   Lalitha, V S ^a   Ingle, A D ^a   Raste, A S ^a   Gadre, S G ^a   Maru, G B ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Ethanole turmeric extract; Focal necrosis regeneration; Hepatotoxicity; Susceptibility of mice; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CURCUMA LONGA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032079241     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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