Effect of Bulbine natalensis baker stem extract on the functional indices and histology of the liver and kidney of male wistar rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 814-820

  Afolayan, A J ^a   Yakubu, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulbine natalensis; Functional indices; Hepatorenal architecture; Selective toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; BULBINE NATALENSIS BAKER STEM EXTRACT; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SERUM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYMES; GLOBULINS; KIDNEY; LILIACEAE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UREA;

BULBINE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 66949121893     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0221     Document Type: Article

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