90 Days toxicological assessment of hydroethanolic leaf extract of Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. and Schult. (Convolvulaceae) in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 582-594

  Akindele, Abidemi J ^a   Unachukwu, Emeka G ^a   Osiagwu, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia and hypernatraemia; Convolvulaceae; Ipomoea asarifolia; Male sterility; Subchronic toxicological assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN; IPOMOEA ASARIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL; SOLVENT; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HYPERNATREMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; IPOMOEA ASARIFOLIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; FEMALE; IPOMOEA; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NIGERIA; ORGAN SIZE; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IPOMOEA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; NIGERIA; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 84947017377     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.044     Document Type: Article

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