Dose and time-dependent sub-chronic toxicity study of hydroethanolic leaf extract of Flabellaria paniculata Cav. (Malpighiaceae) in rodents

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 5 APR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Akindele, Abidemi J ^a   Adeneye, Adejuwon A ^b   Salau, Oluwole S ^a   Sofidiya, Margaret O ^a   Benebo, Adokiye S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Flabellaria paniculata; Malpighiaceae; Reversibility study; Sub chronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FLABELLARIA PANICULATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLABELLARIA PANICULATA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALPIGHIACEAE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RESTLESSNESS; TREMOR; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84901014816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00078     Document Type: Article

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