Acute and chronic toxicological studies of Ajuga iva in experimental animals

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  El Hilaly, Jaouad ^a   Israili, Zafar H ^b   Lyoussi, Badiâa ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ajuga iva; Animal toxicology; Folk medicine

Indexed keywords

AJUGA IVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AJUGA; AJUGA IVA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LD 50; LIVER; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 1442302307     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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