Acute and sub-chronic toxicity of a lyophilised aqueous extract of Centaurium erythraea in rodents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Tahraoui, Adel ^a   Israili, Zafar H ^b   Lyoussi, Badiâa ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute and sub chronic toxicity; Biochemical parameters; Centaurium erythraea Rafn.; Centaury; Hematological parameters; Lyophilised aqueous extract; Mice; Plant medicine; Rats; Rodents

Indexed keywords

CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CENTAURIUM; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER;

CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA; GENTIANACEAE; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77957770748     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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