Sub-chronic toxicity study of the methanol root extract of Cnestis ferruginea

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 994-1006

  Ishola, Ismail O ^a   Akindele, Abidemi J ^a   Adeyemi, Olufunmilayo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Side effects; Sub chronic toxicological effects; Therapeutic dose; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CNESTIS FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CNESTIS FERRUGINEA; CONNARACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; BODY WEIGHT; CONNARACEAE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; METHANOL; NIGERIA; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC;

ANIMALIA; CONNARACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84863675269     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.655376     Document Type: Article

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