Studies on the toxicological effect of the aqueous extract of the fresh, dried and boiled berries of Solanum aculeastrum Dunal in male Wistar rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 765-775

  Aboyade, O M ^a   Yakubu, M T ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Haematotoxic; Hepatotoxic; Nephrotoxic; Solanaceae; Solanum aculeastrum

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOLANUM ALKALOID; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERRY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEART WEIGHT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DESICCATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLANUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM;

EID: 72349090763     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327109354545     Document Type: Article

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