In vivo acute toxicological studies of an antioxidant extract from Mangifera indica L. (Vimang)

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Garrido, Gabino ^a   Rodeiro, Idania ^a   Hernndez, Ivones ^a   Garca, Gastn ^b   Prez, Gema ^b   Merino, Nelson ^a   Nez Sells, Alberto ^a   Delgado, Ren ^a  

^a Laboratorios LIORAD   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Irritation; Mangifera indica L.; Mice; Rat

Indexed keywords

MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMANG; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BARK; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MANGO; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

MANGIFERA INDICA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MANGIFERA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 69449086967     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540802432551     Document Type: Article

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