Safety evaluation of trikatu, a generic ayurvedic medicine in Charles Foster rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Chanda, Debabrata ^a   Shanker, Karuna ^a   Pal, Anirban ^a   Luqman, Suaib ^a   Bawankule, Dnyaneshwar Umrao ^a   Mani, Dayanandan ^a   Darokar, Mahendra Pandurang ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Herbal formulation; Oral toxicity; Safety evaluation; Trikatu

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CREATININE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIKATU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AYURVEDA; BLACK PEPPER; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GINGER; HEART WEIGHT; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIPER LONGUM; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 59949089557     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.34.99     Document Type: Article

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