Toxicological evaluation of the aqueous extract of Felicia muricata Thunb. leaves in Wistar rats

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-954

  Ashafa, A O T ^a   Yakubu, M T ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Felicia muricata; Function indices; Hematological parameters; Selective toxicity; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHLORINE; CREATININE; FELICIA MURICATA EXTRACT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

FELICIA MURICATA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 66749124043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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