Plasma levels of aluminium after lemon-grass (Cymbopogon citratus) ingestion in healthy volunteers

Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Orisakwe, O E ^a   Chilaka, K C ^a   Okpogba, A N ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Lemon grass

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GALLIUM; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; TEA; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0032432572     PISSN: 02179687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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