Toxic studies on biochemical parameters carried out in rats with Serankottai nei, a siddha drug-milk extract of Semecarpus anacardium nut

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Vijayalakshmi, T ^a   Muthulakshmi, V ^a   Sachdanandam, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Semecarpus anacardium; Serankottai nei; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEINURIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; UREA; URIC ACID;

EID: 0033990321     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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