Oral administration of Rauwolfia vomitoria extract has no untoward effect on kidney and liver functions in rats

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1577-1580

  Oyewole, O I ^a   Massaquoi, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Ethanolic extract; Kidney function; Liver function; Rauwolfia vomitoria

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA EXTRACT; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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