Evaluation of Herbalife nutritional supplements in the hepatic function of rats

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 167-169

  Feder, Davi ^a   Bacci, Marcelo Rodrigues ^a   Santos, Janaina Aparecida Boide ^a   Gaboardi, Marília Tavares Campos de Oliveira ^a   Stangenhaus, Carolina ^a   Lewi, Juliana Klein ^a   Shiroma, Marina Akiko Rampazzo Del Valle ^a   Junqueira, Paulo Emanuel Barbosa Dos Santos ^a   Petri, Giuliana ^a   Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Hepatic toxicity; Herbalife; Nutritional supplements; Nutritional toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887398797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2013.31030     Document Type: Article

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