Acute toxicological studies of Acanthus montanus (Nees) T. Anderson (Acanthaceae) in wistar rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 339-348

  Paulin, Nana ^a   Acha, Asongalem Emmanuel ^a   Simplice, Foyet Harquin ^a   Théophile, Dimo ^a   Pierre, Kamtchouing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Acanthus montanus; Acute toxicity; Histopathology; Mortality; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS MONTANUS EXTRACT; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FORMALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHACEAE; ACANTHUS MONTANUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 34248658321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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