Hepatoprotective effects of emodin from Ventilago leiocarpa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-111

  Lin, Chun Ching ^a   Chang, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Yang, Jenq Jer ^a   Namba, Tsuneo ^a   Hattori, Masao ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4); D galactosamine (D GalN); Emodin; Hepatoprotection; Rhamnaceae; Ventilgo leiocarpa

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; EMODIN; GALACTOSAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

VENTILAGO LEIOCARPA;

EID: 0030009374     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(96)01397-9     Document Type: Article

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