Effect of Mentha piperita (Labiatae) and Mentha spicata (Labiatae) on iron absorption in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 119-122

  Akdogan, Mehmet ^a   Gultekin, Fatih ^a   Yontem, Mustafa ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Dumlup1nar University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

absorption; iron; Mentha piperita (Labiatae); Mentha spicata (Labiatae); tea

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FERRITIN; IRON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERRITINS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 18744406328     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233704th206oa     Document Type: Article

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