Toxicological evaluation of the essential oil from mentha longifolia l. subsp. capensis leaves in rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-674

  Odeyemi, O O ^a   Yakubu, M T ^a   Masika, P J ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Functional activity; Hematological parameters; Mentha longifolia; Selective toxicity; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CREATININE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MENTHA; OILS, VOLATILE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 68149131986     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0136     Document Type: Article

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