Acute toxicity of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth standardized extract in Sprague Dawley rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 222-226

  Abdullah, Noor Rain ^a   Ismail, Zakiah ^a   Ismail, Zhari ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Orthosiphon stamineus; Safety profile

Indexed keywords

ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORTHOSIPHON; ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; ENERGY INTAKE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; ORGAN SIZE; ORTHOSIPHON; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS; RATTUS;

EID: 59649119488     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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