Toxicological evaluation of precocene II isolated from Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) in sprague dawley rats

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2938-2944

  Adebayo, Abiodun Humphrey ^a,b   Zeng, Guang Zhi ^a   Zhang, Yu Mei ^a   Ji, Chang Jiu ^a   Akindahunsi, Afolabi Akintunde ^c   Tan, Ning Hua ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ageratum conyzoides; Hematological markers; Hypoglycemic property; Isolation; Precocene II; Toxicological studies

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM ETHER; PHENOBARBITAL; PRECOCENE II;

AGERATUM; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; RAT; SPLEEN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THROMBOCYTE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77952892437     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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