Toxicological features of Catha edulis (Khat) on livers and kidneys of male and female Sprague-Dawley rats: A subchronic study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Alsalahi, Abdulsamad ^a   Abdulla, Mahmood Ameen ^a   Al Mamary, Mohammed ^b   Noordin, Mohamed Ibrahim ^a   Abdelwahab, Siddig Ibrahim ^a   Alabsi, Aied M ^a   Shwter, Abdrabuh ^a   Alshawsh, Mohammed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CATHA EDULIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84871846255     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/829401     Document Type: Article

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