Acute, subacute toxicity and mutagenic effects of anacardic acids from cashew (Anacardium occidentale Linn.) in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 730-736

  Carvalho, Ana Laura Nicoletti ^a   Annoni, Raquel ^a   Silva, Paula Regina Pereira ^a   Borelli, Primavera ^a   Fock, Ricardo Ambrósio ^a   Trevisan, Maria Teresa Salles ^b   Mauad, Thais ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Anacardic acids; Anacardium occidentale; Mutagenicity; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASHEW NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANACARDIC ACIDS; ANACARDIUM; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NUTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; UREA;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79957504620     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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