Acute and sub-acute toxicological assessment of the aqueous seed extract of Persea americana Mill (Lauraceae) in rats

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-578

  Ozolua, Raymond I ^a   Anaka, Ogochukwu N ^a   Okpo, Stephen O ^a   Idogun, Sylvester E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Persea americana seed; Safety profile

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PERSEA AMERICANA SEED EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FLUID INTAKE; HEART WEIGHT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY MASS; LD 50; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; LD50; MEDICINAL PLANT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERSEA; TOXICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTENSION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; PERSEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; SEEDS;

EID: 70349440653     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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