Toxicity study of orthosiphon stamineus benth (misai kucing) on Sprague dawley rats

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Han, Chin Jin ^a   Hussin, Abas Hj ^b   Ismail, Sabariah ^c  

^a UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LD 50; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORTHOSIPHON; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; ORTHOSIPHON; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 70149123252     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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