Acute and sub-chronic toxicity study of standardized extract of Fumaria indica in rodents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 992-995

  Singh, Gireesh Kumar ^a   Kumar, Vikas ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Biochemical parameters; Fumaria indica; Mice; Rats; Sub chronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

FUMARIA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FUMARIA; FUMARIA INDICA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEMALE; FUMARIA; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; FUMARIA INDICA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79954426133     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

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