Biochemical and haematological evaluation of repeated dose exposure of male wistar rats to an ethanolic extract of artemisia annua

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 602-609

  Eteng, Mbeh U ^a   Abolaji, Amos O ^b,c   Ebong, Patrick E ^a   Brisibe, Ebiamadon Andi ^a   Dar, Ahsana ^b   Kabir, Nurul ^b   Iqbal Choudhary, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

antidiabetic agent; Artemisia annua; haematotoxicity; hepatotoxicity; testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84876296210     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4758     Document Type: Article

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