Toxicological evaluation of the aqueous leaf extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-336

  Awodele, Olufunsho ^a   Oreagba, Ibrahim Adekunle ^a   Odoma, Saidi ^a   Teixeira Da Silva, Jaime A ^b   Osunkalu, Vincent Oluseye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haematology; Liver and renal function; Moringa oleifera; Sub chronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LIVER ENZYME; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FOOD INTAKE; HEART; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENZYMES; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KIDNEY; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; UREA;

ANIMALIA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORINGACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84855990038     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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