Safety evaluation of the extract from the shoots of Arctotis arctotoides in rats and mice

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3173-3177

  Jimoh, F O ^a   Adedapo, A A ^b   Sofidiya, M O ^c   Masika, P J ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Arctotis arctotoides; Histopathology; Serum biochemistry; Sub acute toxicity haematology

Indexed keywords

ARCTOTIS ARTOTOIDES EXTRACT; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; LIVER ENZYME; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTOTIS ARTOTOIDES; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SHOOT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ARCTOTIS; ASTERACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 52949152871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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