Safety assessment of methanol extract of red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus): Acute and subchronic toxicity studies

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-114

  Hor, Sook Yee ^a   Ahmad, Mariam ^a   Farsi, Elham ^a   Yam, Mun Fei ^a   Hashim, Mohd Akmal ^a   Lim, Chung Pin ^a   Sadikun, Amirin ^a   Asmawi, Mohd Zaini ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Hylocereus polyrhizus; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLOBULIN; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS EXTRACT; METHANOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CACTACEAE; CREATININE; FEMALE; FRUIT; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERUM GLOBULINS; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC; UREA;

HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84859296756     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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