Antihepatotoxic properties of Entada africana (Mimosaceae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Sanogo, R ^a   Germano M P ^a   D'Angelo, V ^a   Guglielmo, M ^a   De Pasquale, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antihepatotoxic property; Carbon tetrachloride; Entada africana

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; NUCLEOTIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ENTADA AFRICANA;

EID: 0031681189     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Conference Paper

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