Toxicological studies on hydroalcohol extract of Calendula officinalis L.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-336

  Silva, Erick J R ^a   Gonçalves, Eduardo S ^a   Aguiar, Fábio ^a   Evêncio, Liriane B ^a   Lyra, Mariana M A ^a   Coelho, Maria Cristina O C ^b   Fraga, Maria Do Carmo C A ^a   Wanderley, Almir Gonçalves ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Asteraceae; Calendula officinalis L.; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALENDULA EXTRACT; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG; MALE; MARIGOLD; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34247136825     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2009     Document Type: Article

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