Acute oral toxicity studies of antipsoriatic herbal mixture comprising of aqueous extracts of Calendula officinalis, Momordica charantia, Cassia tora and Azadirachta indica seed oil

Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 74-83

  Roopashree, T S ^a   Raman, Dang ^a   Shobha Rani, R H ^a   Narendra, C ^b  

^a AL AMEEN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b Visveswaraura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Antipsoriatic herbal mixture; Azadirachta indica; Calendula officinalis; Cassia tora; Limit test; Momordica charantia

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CALENDULA EXTRACT; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS PLUS MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT CASSIA TORA EXTRACT AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHANOL; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BEHAVIOR; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CASSIA TORA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MARIGOLD; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SENNA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77953376140     PISSN: 01254685     EISSN: 19054637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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