An aqueous extract of Vitex agnus castus alters the labeling of blood constituents with technetium-99m

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue SPECIALISSUE, 2007, Pages 183-188

  de Macedo Costa, Maria Regina ^a,c   Ribeiro, Camila Godinho ^a,c   Santos Filho, Sebastião David ^a,c   de Figueiredo Neves, Rosane ^a,c   da Fonseca, Adenilson de Souza ^c   Bernardo Filho, Mario ^c,d   de Almeida Catanho, Maria Teresa Jansem ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oxidant properties; Plasma proteins; Red blood cells; Technetium 99m; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889563199     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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