Would sacaca, Croton cajucara Benth (Euphorbiaceae) be an hepatotoxic plant like germander, Teucrium chamaedrys L. (Labiatae)?

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 96-97

  Pereira Soares, Manoel Do Carmo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Croton cajucara; Germander; Sacaca

Indexed keywords

DITERPENOID;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CROTON; CROTON CAJUCARA; EPIDEMIC; EUPHORBIA; GERMANDER; HEPATITIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CROTON; CROTON CAJUCARA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LAMIACEAE; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS;

EID: 13844292542     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000700016     Document Type: Article

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