Influence of aqueous extract of Agaricus blazei on rat liver toxicity induced by different doses of diethylnitrosamine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 25-32

  Barbisan, L F ^a   Miyamoto, M ^a   Scolastici, C ^a   Salvadori, D M F ^a   Ribeiro, L R ^a   Eira, A F ^b   De Camargo, João Lauro Viana ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Ciencias Agronomicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agaricus blazei; Chemoprotection; Diethylnitrosamine; Hepatoprotection; Liver toxicity; Murrill

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYCLINE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LABELING INDEX; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGARICUS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036876677     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00171-X     Document Type: Article

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