Hepatoprotective activity of a herbal protein CI-1, purified from Cajanus indicus against β-galactosamine HCl toxicity in isolated rat hepatocytes

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 508-512

  Datta, Sarmistha ^a   Sinha, Swati ^a   Bhattacharyya, Prantosh ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

galactosamine; Cajanus indicus; Hepatoprotective agent; Hepatotoxicity; Herbal protein; Isolated hepatocytes; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAJANUS INDICUS EXTRACT; GALACTOSAMINE; LIVER ENZYME; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEGUME; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FABACEAE; GALACTOSAMINE; INDIA; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SILYMARIN;

EID: 0032865545     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199909)13:6<508::AID-PTR521>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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