Assessment of chronic administration of aloe vera gel on haematology, plasma biochemistry, lipid profiles and erythrocyte osmotic resistance in Wistar rats

Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Iji, O T ^a,b   Oyagbemi, A A ^b   Azeez, O I ^b  

^a Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Haematology; Osmotic fragility; Plasma biochemistry.

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALOE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGY; LIPIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84881263000     PISSN: 0794859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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