Some clinico-pathological changes associated with the aqueous extract of the leaves of Phyllanthus amarus in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 971-976

  Adedapo, Adeolu A ^a   Adegbayibi, A Y ^a   Emikpe, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haematology; Pathology; Phyllanthus amarus; Serum biochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; PROTEIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEPHROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TESTIS ATROPHY; TOXICOKINETICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PHYLLANTHUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS;

EID: 29244456412     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1768     Document Type: Article

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