Hepatoprotective effect of Apocynum venetum and its active constituents

Planta Medica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Xiong, Quangbo ^a   Fan, Wenzhe ^a   Tezuka, Yasuhiro ^a   Adnyana, I Ketut ^a   Stampoulis, Pavlos ^a   Hattori, Masao ^a   Namba, Tsuneo ^a   Kadota, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Apocynum venetum; Carbon tetrachloride; D galactosamine; Flavonoids; Hepatoprotective activity; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

APOCYANIN A; APOCYNUM VENETUM EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CINCHONAIN 1A; GALACTOSAMINE; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCETIN; ISOQUERCETIN 6' O ACETATE; KAEMPFEROL 6' O ACETATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL DEATH; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; APOCYNUM; APOCYNUM VENETUM;

EID: 0034080729     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-11135     Document Type: Article

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