Subchronic toxicity studies of the aqueous extract of Aristolochiae fructus in sprague-dawley rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2157-2165

  Hwang, Myung Sil ^a   Park, Mi Sun ^a   Moon, Ji Young ^a   Lee, Ji Sun ^a   Yum, Young Na ^a   Yoon, Eungkyung ^a   Lee, Hyomin ^a   Nam, Ki Taek ^a   Lee, Byung Mu ^b   Kim, Seung Hee ^a   Yang, Ki Hwa ^a  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33750739226     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600747965     Document Type: Article

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