Toxicological properties of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-154

  Ouzir, Mounir ^a   El Bairi, Khalid ^b   Amzazi, Saaïd ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Anti fertility effect; Antigenicity; Clinical toxicity; Fenugreek; Genotoxicity; LD50; Neurotoxicity; Teratogenicity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DNA; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; GALACTOGOGUE; SAPONIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTIFACIENT ACTIVITY; ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIANOREXIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIGENICITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROGENESIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHICK; CHICKPEA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; CROSS REACTION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DNA DAMAGE; DYSPEPSIA; EXCITATION; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FLATULENCE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LD50; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEANUT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLLAKISURIA; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREMOR; WRITHING TEST; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY; TRIGONELLA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; REPRODUCTION; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84982806352     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.08.003     Document Type: Review

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