Toxicological evaluation of Pterocaulon polystachyum extract: A medicinal plant with antifungal activity

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 242-249

  Regner, Gabriela Gregory ^a   Gianesini, Janaína ^a   Von Borowski, Rafael Gomes ^a   Silveira, Fabiana ^a   Semedo, Juliane Garcia ^a   Ferraz, Alexandre de Barros Falcão ^a   Wiilland, Elenir ^b   Von Poser, Gilsane ^a   Allgayer, Mariângela ^a   Picada, Jaqueline Nascimento ^a   Pereira, Patrícia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Biochemical assay; Comet assay; Micronucleus assay; Pterocaulon polystachyum; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCAULON POLYSTACHYUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BONE MARROW CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROCAULON POLYSTACHYUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASTERACEAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMET ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PTEROCAULON;

EID: 78650224341     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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