Evaluation of subchronic toxicity of the hydroethanolic extract of Tropaeolum majus in Wistar rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 481-487

  Gomes, Caroline ^b   Lourenço, Emerson Luiz Botelho ^a,b   Liuti, Érica Barbosa ^a   Duque, Aline Oliveira ^a   Nihi, Fabiola ^b   Lourenço, Ana Carolina ^b   Mendes, Tatiane Camacho ^a   Gasparotto Junior, Arquimedes ^a   Dalsenter, Paulo Roberto ^b  

^a Institute of Biological Sciences Medical and Health   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochemical analyses; Hematological analyses; Histopathological analyses; Subchronic toxicity; Tropaeolum majus; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPLEEN; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; TROPAEOLUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS;

EID: 84862841092     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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