Acute and subchronic evaluation of Indigofera arrecta: Absence of both toxicity and modulation of selected cytochrome P450 isozymes in ddY mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 686-688

  Nyarko, Alexander K ^a   Ankrah, Nii Ayi ^a   Ofosuhene, Mark ^a   Sittie, Archibald A ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Cytochrome P450; Diabetes mellitus; Glutathione; Indigofera arrecta; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE; INDIGOFERA ARRECTA EXTRACT; LIPID; OXYGENASE; PENTOBARBITAL; PENTOXYRESORUFIN DEALKYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOXAZOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

INDIGOFERA ARRECTA;

EID: 0032806311     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199912)13:8<686::AID-PTR519>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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