Haematological and immunological effects of repeated dose exposure of rats to integerrimine N-oxide from Senecio brasiliensis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2313-2319

  Elias, Fabiana ^a,b   Latorre, Andreia O ^a   Pípole, Fernando ^a   Haraguchi, Mitsue ^c   Górniak, Silvana L ^a   Hueza, Isis M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UPIS Faculdades Integradas   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunotoxicology; Integerrimine N oxide; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Rats; Senecio brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

INTEGERRIMINE; INTEGERRIMINE N OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; EXTRACTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; SENECIO; SENECIO BRASILIENSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL CYCLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENECIO;

RATTUS; SENECIO BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 79960838870     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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