Toxicological study on Glinus lotoides: A traditionally used taenicidal herb in Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-457

  Demma, Jemal ^a   Gebre Mariam, Tsige ^a   Asres, Kaleab ^a   Ergetie, Wondwossen ^a   Engidawork, Ephrem ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Glinus lotoides; Mettere; Repeated dose toxicity

Indexed keywords

GLINUS LOTOIDES EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLINUS LOTOIDES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLLUGINACEAE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TAENIASIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MOLLUGINACEAE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SEEDS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; GLINUS LOTOIDES; MOLLUGINACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 34247201154     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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