Role of curcumin in alcoholic hepatotoxicity

Medical Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 715-719

  Rajakrishnan, V ^a   Viswanathan, P ^b   Rajasekaran, K N ^a   Gunashekaran, G ^a   Menon, Venugopal P ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Curcumin; Ethanol; Hepatoprotection; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CURCUMIN; FATTY ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER ENZYME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

EID: 0031725396     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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