A study of the toxicity of cat's claw herbal medicine

Research Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 52-57

  Ibrahim, K E ^a   Al Ashban, R M ^b   El Sammani, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute; Anti inflammatory; Cat's claw; Peptic ulcers; Subacate and chronic; Therapeutic doses; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77953433344     PISSN: 18159362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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