Effect of aqueous extract of Leonotis leonurus (L.) R. Br. leaves in male Wistar rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-384

  Oyedemi, S O ^a   Yakubu, M T ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Function indices; Haematological parameters; Lamiaceae; Leonotis leonurus; Male rats; Selective toxicity; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEONOTIS LEONURUS EXTRACT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE INTAKE; PLANT LEAF; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; KIDNEY; LAMIACEAE; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; LEONOTIS LEONURUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77951169069     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110363864     Document Type: Article

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