Safety evaluation of the aqueous extract of Leonotis leonurus shoots in rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 837-843

  Maphosa, V ^a   Masika, P J ^a   Adedapo, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hematology; Histopathology; Leonotis leonurus; Rats; Serum chemistry; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEONOTIS LEONURUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEONOTIS LEONURUS; LEONURUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LAMIACEAE; NIGERIA; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT POISONING; PLANT SHOOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; LEONOTIS LEONURUS; RATTUS;

EID: 59949097757     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327108099533     Document Type: Article

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