Acute and sub-acute toxicity of crocin, a constituent of Crocus sativus L. (saffron), in mice and rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 943-951

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Shariaty, Vahideh Motamed ^a   Sameni, Abbas Khadem ^b   Vahabzadeh, Maryam ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Javadolaemeh Cardiac Hospital   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Crocin; Crocus sativus; Saffron; Sub acute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; CROCIN; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NITROGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; LD 50; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PISTIL STIGMA; RAT; SUBSPECIES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE COLOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77957270539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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