Evaluation of the toxicity of manihot esculenta on wistar rats after traditional sudanese processing

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 418-426

  Adam Shama, I Y ^a   Ahmed Wasma, A A ^a  

^a AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cyanoginc glycoside; Manihot esculenta; Pathological changes; Sudanese processing

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; MANIHOT ESCULENTA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASSAVA; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CORTEX NECROSIS; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LIVER CELL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUDAN; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL PROCESSING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79955928522     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: 2152100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2011.418.426     Document Type: Article

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