Acute and sub-acute oral toxicity of Brazilian red propolis in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-71

  Da Silva, Rafaela Oliveira ^a   Andrade, Valléria Matos ^a   Bullé Rêgo, Ester Seixas ^a,b,c   Azevedo Dória, Grace Anne ^a,b,c   Santos Lima, Bruno Dos ^b   Da Silva, Francilene Amaral ^b   De Souza Araújo, Adriano Antunes ^b   De Albuquerque Júnior, Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti ^a,b,c   Cordeiro Cardoso, Juliana ^a,c   Zanardo Gomes, Margarete ^a,c  

^a TIRADENTES UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^c Research and Technology Institute (ITP)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Biochemical parameters; Hematological parameters; Isoflavone; Red propolis; Sub acute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DAIDZEIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FORMONONETIN; PROPOLIS; RED PROPOLIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; LD50; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RAT; WHEEZING; ANIMAL; BEE; BRAZIL; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; ISOFLAVONES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; PROPOLIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 84930662349     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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