Toxicity of Nerium oleander and Rhazya stricta in Najdi sheep: Hematologic and clinicopathologic alterations

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 255-262

  Adam, S E I ^a   Al Yahya, M A ^b   Al Farhan, A H ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Nerium oleander; Rhazya stricta; Sheep; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLOBULIN; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; RHAZYA STRICTA EXTRACT; UREA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT TOXIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRUXISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MICTURITION; NERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RECUMBENCY; SALIVATION; SHEEP; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; KIDNEY TUBULES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NERIUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT POISONING; SHEEP;

EID: 1842836602     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000326     Document Type: Article

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