Acute oral toxicity and cytotoxicological evaluation of the ethanol extract of Samanea tubulosa pods in Swiss mice

Paulo Alex Bezerra Sales; Lucas Antonio Duarte Nicolau; Jamylla Mirck Guerra de Oliveira; Marina Rebeca Soares Carneiro de Sousa; Mariana Helena Chaves; Fernando Aecio de Amorim Carvalho; Enoque Pereira Costa Sobrinho Junior; Amilton Paulo Raposo Costa*

doi:10.5897/AJB2014.14144

African Journal of
Biotechnology

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
Language: English
ISSN: 1684-5315
DOI: 10.5897/AJB
Start Year: 2002
Published Articles: 12487

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Acute oral toxicity and cytotoxicological evaluation of the ethanol extract of Samanea tubulosa pods in Swiss mice

Paulo Alex Bezerra Sales

Paulo Alex Bezerra Sales
Departament of Veterinary Morpho physiology, Federal University of Piaui, School of Agrarians Sciences, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Lucas Antonio Duarte Nicolau

Lucas Antonio Duarte Nicolau
Medicinal Plants Research Center, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Jamylla Mirck Guerra de Oliveira

Jamylla Mirck Guerra de Oliveira
Departament of Veterinary Morpho physiology, Federal University of Piaui, School of Agrarians Sciences, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Marina Rebeca Soares Carneiro de Sousa

Marina Rebeca Soares Carneiro de Sousa
Departament of Veterinary Morpho physiology, Federal University of Piaui, School of Agrarians Sciences, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Mariana Helena Chaves

Mariana Helena Chaves
Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Fernando Aecio de Amorim Carvalho

Fernando Aecio de Amorim Carvalho
Medicinal Plants Research Center, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Enoque Pereira Costa Sobrinho Junior

Enoque Pereira Costa Sobrinho Junior
Medicinal Plants Research Center, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Amilton Paulo Raposo Costa*

Amilton Paulo Raposo Costa*
Departament of Veterinary Morpho physiology, Federal University of Piaui, School of Agrarians Sciences, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil.
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Article Number - 66C61B850507
Vol.14(7), pp. 629-633 , February 2015
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB2014.14144

Received: 02 February 2014
Accepted: 02 February 2015
Published: 18 February 2015

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