Biochemical changes elicited by isosaline leaf and stem-bark extracts of Harungana madagascariensis in the rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 588-591

  Olagunju, J A ^a,b   Ogunfeibo, A B ^a   Ogunbosi, A O ^a   Taiwo, O A ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biochemical changes; Harungana madagascariensis (Hypericaceae); Hyperpyruvicaemia; Hypertriglyceridaemia; Lactic acidaemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; HYPERPYRUVICEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; KIDNEY; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE DEGENERATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CLUSIACEAE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KIDNEY; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PYRUVIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES; UREA;

ANIMALIA; CLUSIACEAE; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 4043154153     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.978     Document Type: Article

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