Acute and sub-chronic toxicity of an aqueous extract of the leaves of Herniaria glabra in rodents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-386

  Rhiouani, Hamid ^a   El Hilaly, Jaouad ^a   Israili, Zafar H ^b   Lyoussi, Badiâa ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute and sub chronic dosing; Animal toxicity; Herniaria glabra; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HERNIARIA GLABRA EXTRACT; LIVER ENZYME; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CENTRAL VEIN DISRUPTION; CENTROLOBULAR SINUSOIDAL CONGESTION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HERNIARIA GLABRA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERSTITIAL CONGESTION; INTRAGLOMERULAR CONGESTION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCYTE; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEPHRITIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RODENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOCYTE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; HERNIARIA GLABRA; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 47849111879     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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