Toxicological evaluation of aqueous leaf and berry extracts of Phytolacca dioica L. in male Wistar rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1886-1889

  Ashafa, A O T ^a   Sunmonu, T O ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body weight; Function indices; Haematological parameters; Marker enzymes; Phytolacca dioica

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; FLAVONOID; GLOBULIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOLACCA DIOICA EXTRACT; PLANT LECTIN; SAPONIN; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BERRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOLACCA DIOICA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FRUIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PHYTOLACCA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; PHYTOLACCA DIOICA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77953535639     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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