Toxicological studies of the aqueous extract from Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC (Marcela)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 359-362

  Rivera, F ^a   Gervaz, E ^b   Sere, C ^c   Dajas, F ^a  

^a Inst de Invest Biológicas   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^c School of Medicine and Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Achyrocline satureioides; Acute toxicity; Aqueous extract

Indexed keywords

ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES; ACUTE TOXICITY; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACHYROCLINE; ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WATER;

EID: 7044240775     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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