Scientific evaluation of the acute toxicity and 13-week subchronic toxicity of Rheum emodi rhizome extracts in Sprague Dawley rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-285

  Ye, Ben Gui ^a   Feng, Yong ^b   Wang, Shu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute oral toxicity; Rheum emodi; Sprague Dawley rats; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHEUM EMODI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NO OBSERVED ADVERSE EFFECT LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAT; RHEUM; RHEUM EMODI; RHIZOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ORGAN SIZE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHEUM; RHIZOME; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC;

EID: 84896702825     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.01.051     Document Type: Article

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