Acute and 28-day subchronic oral toxicity of an ethanol extract of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith in rodents

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chang, Chia Ju ^a   Tzeng, Thing Fong ^b   Liou, Shorong Shii ^c   Chang, Yuan Shiun ^a   Liu, I Min ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Pao Chien Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CARBOHYDRATE; FLAVANOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHIZOME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINGIBER; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 84859741019     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/608284     Document Type: Article

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