Consequences of subchronic exposure to ethanolic extract from fruits and leaves of Schinus molle var. areira L. in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Bras, Cristina ^a   Domínguez, Sergio ^a   Codón, Stella ^a   Minetti, Alejandra ^a   Ferrero, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biochemical study; Functional observational battery; Histopathological study; Motor activity; Schinus molle var. areira; Subchronic exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHINUS MOLLE AREIRA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCHINUS MOLLE AREIRA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLESTEROL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FRUIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUTROPHILS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

HEXAPODA; MUS; SCHINUS MOLLE;

EID: 77957817320     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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