Toxicological evaluation of the methanol extract of Cmelina arborea roxb. bark in mice and rats

Toxicology International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Kulkarni, Y A ^a   Veeranjaneyulu, Addepalli ^a  

^a SVKM s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Gmelina arborea; Methanol extract; Repeated dose toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; GMELINA ARBOREA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GMELINA ARBOREA; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; VERBENACEAE; WISTAR RAT;

GMELINA ARBOREA; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84862997686     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.97203     Document Type: Article

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