Safety evaluations of the aqueous extract of the leaves of Moringa oleifera in rats

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 586-591

  Adedapo, A A ^a   Mogbojuri, O M ^a   Emikpe, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haematology; Histopathology; Mice; Moringa oleifera; Rats; Serum chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALIA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 73449095737     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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