Toxicity and gastric tolerance of essential oils from Cymbopogon citratus, Ocimum gratissimum and Ocimum basilicum in Wistar rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2493-2497

  Fandohan, P ^a   Gnonlonfin, B ^a   Laleye, A ^c   Gbenou, J D ^b   Darboux, R ^c   Moudachirou, M ^b  

^a National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin   (Benin)

^b Department of Parasitology   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oils; Ocimum basilicum; Ocimum graticimum; Rat; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FUMONISIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASIL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STOMACH INJURY;

ANIMALS; CYMBOPOGON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; LIVER; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44749093934     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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