Acute and subacute oral toxicity of Litsea elliptica Blume essential oil in rats

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 783-790

  Budin, Siti Balkis ^a   Ain, Seri Masran Siti Nor ^b   Omar, Baharuddin ^a   Taib, Izatus Shima ^a   Hidayatulfathi, Othman ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Litsea elliptica; Median lethal dose (LD50); Natural insecticide; Non observed adversed effect level (NOAEL); Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEMOGLOBIN; LITSEA ELLIPTICA ESSENTIAL OIL; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VOLUME; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLOMERULUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LACRIMATION; LETHAL DOSE; LITSEA; LITSEA ELLIPTICA; LIVER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS ISLET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; INSECT REPELLENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LITSEA; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT LOSS;

HEXAPODA; LITSEA ELLIPTICA; RATTUS;

EID: 84869103963     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1100021     Document Type: Article

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