Toxicological studies on stem bark, leaf and seed kernel of yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-135

  Oji, Okoro ^a,b   Okafor, Queen E ^a  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Bait; Intraperitoneal; Paralysis; Tachycardia; Toxicity; Yellow oleander

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; THEVETIA PERUVIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INTOXICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; TACHYCARDIA; THERETIA PERIVIANA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; PARALYSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT POISONING; PLANT STEMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SEEDS; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; NERIUM; THEVETIA PERUVIANA;

EID: 0034028859     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200003)14:2<133::AID-PTR598>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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