Clinical and pathological features of Nerium oleander extract toxicosis in wistar rats

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Akhtar, Tasleem ^a   Sheikh, Nadeem ^a   Abbasi, Muddasir Hassan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Inflammation; Macrocytosis; Neutrophilia; Polycythemia; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METABOLISM; NERIUM; PATHOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HEMOGLOBINS; NERIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84965190019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-947     Document Type: Article

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