Biochemical assessment of Ciklavit®, a nutraceutical used in sickle cell anaemia management

Journal of Herbal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 137-148

  Imaga, Ngozi Awa ^a   Chukwu, Charity E ^a   Blankson, Adenike ^a   Gbenle, George O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ciklavit ; Clinical trials; Phytochemistry; Traditional medicine Africa

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTISICKLING AGENT; ARGINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CIKLAVIT; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; LIVER PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NUTRACEUTICAL; PARACETAMOL; PROGUANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY TEST KIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84888640685     PISSN: 22108033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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