Acute oral toxicity of Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia in mice

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 67-70

  Sim, K S ^a   Sri Nurestri, A M ^a   Sinniah, S K ^a   Kim, K H ^b   Norhanom, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute oral toxicity; Cactaceae; Pereskia bleo; Pereskia grandifolia

Indexed keywords

PERESKIA BLEO EXTRACT; PERESKIA GRANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL TOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; TOXICITY;

EID: 77949468830     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59969     Document Type: Article

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