Viscum album (mistletoe) extract prevents changes in levels of red blood cells, PCV, Hb, serum proteins and ESR in high salt-fed rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-426

  Ofem, Ofem E ^a   Eno, Asim E ^a   Nku, Clement O ^a   Antai, Atim B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ESR; Hb; Mistletoe; PCV; Proteins; RBC; Salt loading

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SALT LOADING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; MISTLETOE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 70449656825     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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