Protective activity of picroliv isolated from Picrorhiza kurrooa against ethanol toxicity in isolated rat hepatocytes

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-101

  Visen, P K S ^a   Saraswat, Binduja ^a   Patnaik, G K ^a   Agarwal, D P ^b   Dhawan, B N ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ethanol; hepatocytes; marker enzymes; Picroliv

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHOLIDE; CATALPOL; KUTKIN; SILYMARIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0029766991     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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