Acute and subchronic toxicological evaluation of the semipurified extract of seeds of guaraná (Paullinia cupana) in rodents

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1817-1820

  Antonelli Ushirobira, T M ^a,b   Kaneshima, E N ^a   Gabriel, M ^a   Audi, E A ^a   Marques, L C ^c   Mello, J C P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b Uningá ^*  (Brazil)

^c Universidade Bandeirante de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Guaran ; Histopathological evaluation; Paullinia cupana; Pre clinical toxicology evaluation; Semipurified extract

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FLAVAN 3 OL; GUARANA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY MASS; LABORATORY TEST; LD 50; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLANT SEED; RAT; RODENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PAULLINIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MUS; PAULLINIA CUPANA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77953543685     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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