Acute oral toxicity of Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula leaf extract in Wistar albino rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1408-1415

  Chanda, Sumitra ^a   Dave, Rajeshkumar ^a   Kaneria, Mital ^a   Shukla, Vinay ^b  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GUJARAT AYURVED UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cage side observation; Hematology; Methanol extract; Relative organ weight; Single dose

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYALTHIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84867408721     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.682117     Document Type: Article

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