Toxicopathological Evaluation of Hydroethanol Extract of Dianthus basuticus in Wistar Rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ashafa, Anofi Omotayo Tom ^a   Kazeem, Mutiu Idowu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; DIANTHUS BASUTICUS EXTRACT; ELECTROLYTE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; URIC ACID;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS BASUTICUS; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84942195174     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/348519     Document Type: Article

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