Toxicological evaluation of aqueous extract of Aloe ferox Mill. in loperamide-induced constipated rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Wintola, O A ^a   Sunmonu, T O ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe ferox; function indices; haematological parameters; marker enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALOE FEROX EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM ION; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LOPERAMIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM ION; SENOKOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOPERAMIDE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALOE FEROX; ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955690695     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110372647     Document Type: Article

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