28 Days repeated oral dose toxicity test of aqueous extracts of mahwangyounpae-tang, a polyherbal formula

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 2477-2482

  Park, Mee Yeon ^a   Choi, Hae Yun ^a   Kim, Jong Dae ^a   Lee, Hyeung Sik ^a   Ku, Sae Kwang ^a  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

28Days; Extracts; Mahwangyounpae tang; Rat; Repeated oral dose; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMOMUM EXTRACT; APRICOT EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASTERACEAE EXTRACT; BARLEY EXTRACT; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; CREATININE; EPHEDRA HERBA EXTRACT; FRITILLARIA EXTRACT; GELATIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; ISPAGULA; MAGNOLIACEAE EXTRACT; MULBERRY EXTRACT; NITROGEN; ORANGE EXTRACT; PERICARP EXTRACT; PERILLA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLATYCODON EXTRACT; RADISH EXTRACT; SCHISANDRACEAE EXTRACT; SINAPIS EXTRACT; SOUR ORANGE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; MAHWANGYOUNPAE-TANG;

AMOMUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APRICOT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARLEY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA HERBA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRITILLARIA; GLYCYRRHIZA; HAIR LOSS; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; KOREA; LIVER WEIGHT; LOOSE FECES; LUNG WEIGHT; MAGNOLIACEAE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; MULBERRY; NONHUMAN; ORANGE (FRUIT); PERICARP; PERILLA; PLANTAGO OVATA; PLATYCODON; RADISH; SALIVATION; SCHISANDRACEAE; SINAPIS; SOUR ORANGE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; EYE DISEASE; KOREAN MEDICINE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOXICITY TESTS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77955049279     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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