Acute and sub-acute toxicity of Crataegus aronia syn. Azarolus (L.) whole plant aqueous extract in wistar rats

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Shatoor, Abdullah S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Being listed; Crataegus aronia; Hawthorn comprises; Herbal remedies; Phytochemical screening; Whole plant; Wistar rats sub acute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CRATAEGUS ARONIA EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; SAPONIN; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS ARONIA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ARONIA; CRATAEGUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80051863031     PISSN: 15574962     EISSN: 15574970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajptsp.2011.37.45     Document Type: Article

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