Hepatoprotective activity of Thespesia populnea bark extracts against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver toxicity in rats

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-86

  Ilavarasan, R ^a   Vasudevan, M ^a   Anbazhagan, S ^a   Venkataraman, S ^b   Sridhar, S K ^a  

^a C L BAID METHA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective; Thespesia populnea

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; THESPESIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTUM YIELD; RAT; THESPESIA POPULNEA;

EID: 0037489277     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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