Phytochemical screening and toxicity studies on the methanol extract of the seeds of moringa oleifera

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ajibade, Temitayo Olabisi ^a   Arowolo, Ruben ^a   Olayemi, Funsho Olakitike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Moringa oleifera seeds; Phytochemical screening median lethal dose

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; LD 50; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84879773237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2012-0015     Document Type: Article

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