Teas and other beverages suppress D-galactosamine-induced liver injury in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1361-1367

  Sugiyama, Kimio ^a   He, Puming ^a   Wada, Shingo ^a   Saeki, Shigeru ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

D galactosamine; Dietary fiber; Green tea; Liver injury; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALGINIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BUTYRIC ACID; CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; GALACTOSAMINE; GUAR GUM; HEMICELLULOSE; INULIN; MANNAN; PECTIN; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CACAO; COFFEE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA;

EID: 0033014916     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.7.1361     Document Type: Article

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