Effects of red chilli (Capsicum frutescens L) on rats

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 293-295

  Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Adam, S E I ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPSICUM; EATING; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER; MALE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032843213     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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