Acute toxicity study and wound healing potential of Gynura procumbens leaf xtract in rats

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2551-2558

  Zahra, A A ^a   Kadir, F A ^b   Mahmood, A A ^a   Al hadi, A A ^a   Suzy, S M ^a   Sabri, S Z ^a   Latif, I I ^a   Ketuly, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Ethanol leaf extract; Gynura procumbens; Histology; Liver function test; Renal function test; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

GUM ARABIC; GYNURA PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; GYNURA PROCUMBENS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; GYNURA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960739878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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