Biochemical effect of antioxidants on lipids and liver function in experimentally-induced liver damage

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 656-663

  Halim, Abdel Baset ^a   El Ahmady, Omar ^a,d   Hassab Allah, Samar ^b   Abdel Galil, Fathy ^a   Hafez, Yosri ^c   Darwish, Amr ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c El Menya Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Lipid peroxidation; Liver function tests; Silymarin; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; SILYMARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT;

EID: 0030829836     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329703400610     Document Type: Article

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