Toxicity studies in mice of common spices, Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark and Piper longum fruits

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Shah, A H ^a   Al Shareef, A H ^a   Ageel, A M ^b   Qureshi, S ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Chronic toxicity; Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark; Common spices; Piper longum fruits; Spermatogenic changes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPICE; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPICES; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; PIPER LONGUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032406909     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008088323164     Document Type: Article

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