Acute, subacute toxicity and genotoxic effect of a hydroethanolic extract of the cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-38

  Konan, Nzi André ^a   Bacchi, Elfriede Marianne ^a   Lincopan, Nilton ^a   Varela, Soraya Duarte ^b   Varanda, Eliana Aparecida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Anacardium occidentale; Genotoxicity; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANACARDIC ACID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMES TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASHEW NUT; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LD 50; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANACARDIUM; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DRUG TOXICITY; ETHANOL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; MUS; RATTUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33846855979     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.08.033     Document Type: Article

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