Oral acute and subacute toxicity studies with kalpaamruthaa, a modified indigenous preparation, on rats

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-358

  Mythilypriya, Rajendran ^a   Shanthi, Palanivelu ^a   Sachdanandam, Panchanatham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

30 day's subacute toxicity study; Acute toxicity study; Kalpaamruthaa; Wistar albino rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; KALPAAMRUTHAA; PHOSPHOLIPID; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADRENAL GLAND; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART WEIGHT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; RATTUS; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM;

EID: 34547562262     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.351     Document Type: Article

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