Acute intraperitoneal and oral toxicity of the leaf glycosidic extract of Trigonella foenum-graecum in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-68

  Abdel Barry, Jamal Ahmed ^a   Al Hakiem, Mohammad H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Hepatitis; Trigonella foenum graecum leaves

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LARGE INTESTINE; LD 50; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TARGET ORGAN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0034015608     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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