A 90-day subchronic oral toxicity study of triterpene-enriched extract from Alismatis Rhizoma in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 318-323

  Huang, Ming Qing ^a   Xu, Wen ^a   Wu, Shui Shen ^a   Lu, Jin Jian ^b,c   Chen, Xiu Ping ^b  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b University of Macau   (Macao)

^c ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alismatis Rhizoma; Rats; Subchronic toxicity; Triterpenes; Water Plantain Root

Indexed keywords

11 DEOXYALISOL B; 16 DIHYDROXY ALISOL A 23 ACETATE; 16 DIHYDROXY ALISOL A 24 ACETATE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALISMA ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; ALISOL A; ALISOL A 23 ACETATE; ALISOL A 24 ACETATE; ALISOL B; ALISOL B 23 ACETATE; ALISOL C; ALISOL C 23 ACETATE; ALISOL G; ALISOL L; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALISMA; ALISMA ORIENTALIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT ROOT; RAT; RHIZOME; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALISMA; ALISMATACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84879284372     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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