Toxicity studies in rats fed nature cure bitters

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-78

  Aniagu, Stanley O ^a   Nwinyi, Florence C ^a   Akumka, David D ^a   Ajoku, Gloria A ^a   Dzarma, Sunday ^a   Izebe, Kazeem S ^a   Ditse, Matthew ^a   Nwaneri, Patrick E C ^b   Wambebe, Charles ^a   Gamaniel, Karynius ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

^b Nwaneri Botanic Centre Ltd   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nature Cure Bitters, organ weight; Pathology, haematology; Serum biochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY MASS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 20944437650     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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