Micro-and Macroelemental Composition and Safety Evaluation of the Nutraceutical Moringa oleifera Leaves

Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Asiedu Gyekye, I J ^a   Frimpong Manso, S ^a   Awortwe, C ^b   Antwi, D A ^a   Nyarko, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CESIUM ION; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CREATININE; GALLIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM ION; SILICON; SODIUM ION; SULFUR; TIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

MORINGA OLEIFERA; RATTUS;

EID: 84929330524     PISSN: 16878191     EISSN: 16878205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/786979     Document Type: Article

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