Toxicological reproductive study of Cassia occidentalis L. in female Wistar rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Aragao T P ^a   Lyra, M M A ^a   Silva, M G B ^a   Andrade, B A ^a   Ferreira, P A ^a   Ortega, L F ^a   da Silva, S D ^a   da Silva, J C P ^a   Fraga, M C C A ^a   Wanderley, A G ^a   Lafayette, S S L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cassia occidentalis L.; Fedegoso; Leguminosae; Pregnancy; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FEVER; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; RAIN FOREST; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENNA; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ULCER;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SENNA PLANT;

ANIMALIA; FABACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 64249153645     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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