Comparative acute toxicities and immunomodulatory potentials of five Eastern Nigeria mistletoes

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-293

  Osadebe, Patience Ogoamaka ^a   Omeje, Edwin Ogechukwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Comparative; Host trees; Immunomodulatory; Loranthus micranthus; Mistletoe; Toxicities

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LEVAMISOLE; LORANTHUS MICRANTHUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KOLA ACUMINATA; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LORANTHUS MICRANTHUS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PENTACLATRA MACROPHYLLA; PERSIA AMERICANA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; MICE; MISTLETOE; MYELOPOIESIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; SHEEP;

CITRUS; COLA ACUMINATA; LORANTHUS MICRANTHUS; MUS; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; RATTUS;

EID: 70350336866     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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