Uncaria tomentosa extract: Evaluation of effects on the in vitro and in vivo labeling of blood constituents with technetium-99m

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue SPECIALISSUE, 2008, Pages 151-155

  Moreno, Silvana Ramos Farias ^a,b,e   de Carvalho, Jorge José ^c,e   Nascimento, Ana Lúcia ^c,e   Olej, Beni ^a   Rocha, Emely Kazan ^d,e   Arnobio, Adriano ^a   Bernardo Filho, Mário ^b,e   Caldas, Luiz Querino de Araújo ^a   Honeycut, Hayden ^f  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Embriologia e Histologia   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood constituents; Radiolabeling; Technetium 99m; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859731085     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132008000700024     Document Type: Article

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