Hepatoprotective activity of Embelia ribes against paracetamol induced acute hepatocellular damage in mice

JK Practitioner

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-44

  Tabassum, Nahid ^a   Agrawal, Shyam S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b Pushp Vihar Sector III   (India)

Author keywords

Embelia ribes; Hepatoprotective; Mice; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; EMBELIA RIBES EXTRACT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBELIA RIBES; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

EID: 0141457837     PISSN: 09718834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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