3,4,5-trihydroxy benzoic acid (gallic acid), the hepatoprotective principle in the fruits of Terminalia belerica-bioassay guided activity

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-321

  Anand, K K ^a   Singh, B ^a   Saxena, A K ^a   Chandan, B K ^a   Gupta, V N ^b   Bhardwaj, V ^b  

^a Division of Pharmacology   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Bioassay guided activity; CCl4; Hepatoprotective activity; Induced hepatotoxicity; Terminalia belerica

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; HEXOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZOXAZOLAMINE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP; TERMINALIA BELERICA;

TERMINALIA BELERICA;

EID: 0031258433     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0236     Document Type: Article

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