Evaluation of acute toxicity and the effect of single injected doses of zerumbone on the kidney and liver functions in Sprague Dawley rats

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 4442-4450

  Ibrahim, Mohamed Yousif ^a   Abdul, Ahmad Bustamam Hj ^a   Ibrahim, Tengku Azmi Tengku ^a   Abdelwahab, Siddig Ibrahim ^a   Elhassan, Manal Mohamed ^a   Syam, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Nephrotoxicity; Zerumbone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CISPLATIN; CORN OIL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; ZERUMBONE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GINGER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LETHAL DOSE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHIZOME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 77955005142     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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