Effects of ethanolic leaf extract of Chrysophyllum albidum G. on biochemical and haematological parameters of albino Wistar rats

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2145-2150

  Adebayo, A H ^a   Abolaji, A O ^a   Opata, T K ^a   Adegbenro, I K ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biochemical indices; Chrysophyllum albidum; Haematological parameters; Sapotaceae

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHRYSOPHYLLUM ALBIDUM EXTRACT; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHRYSOPHYLLUM ALBIDUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDIDYMIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART WEIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RETICULOCYTE; SAPOTACEAE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS WEIGHT; THROMBOCYTE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHRYSOPHYLLUM ALBIDUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 77951236588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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