Mouse single oral dose toxicity test of Bupleuri Radix aqueous extracts

Toxicological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Kim, Kyung Hu ^a   Gam, Cheol Ou ^b   Choi, Seong Hun ^a   Ku, Sae Kwang ^a  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bupleuri radix; Histopathology; Mouse; Single oral dose toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUPLEURUM; MUS;

EID: 84865630966     PISSN: 19768257     EISSN: 22342753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5487/TR.2012.28.1.011     Document Type: Article

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