Toxicological investigations on Strychnos potatorum Linn seeds in experimental animal models

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Sanmugapriyaa, Ekambaram ^a   Venkataraman, Subramanian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b CL Baid Mehta Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic toxicity; Biochemical parameter; Haematological test; Strychnos potatorum

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STRYCHNOS POTATORUM EXTRACT; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; RAT; STRYCHNOS; TOXICOLOGY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STRYCHNOS POTATORUM;

EID: 33746794670     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.52.339     Document Type: Article

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