Evaluation of haematological and serum electrolyte changes in Wistar rats administered with ethanolic extract of whole fruit of Lagenaria breviflora Robert

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 758-762

  Saba, Adebowale Bernard ^a   Oridupa, Olayinka Ayotunde ^a   Ofuegbe, Sunday Oluwaseun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Extract; Haematology; Lagenaria breviflora; Serum electrolytes; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CREATININE; LAGENARIA BREVIFLORA EXTRACT; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUCUMBER; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAGENARIA BREVIFLORA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETICULOCYTOSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

LAGENARIA BREVIFLORA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 73449094506     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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