Hepatoprotective effects and antioxidant role of Caesalpinia bonducella on paracetamol-induced hepatic damage in rats

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-191

  Gupta, Malaya ^a   Mazumder, Upal Kanti ^a   Kumar, Ramanathan Sambath ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant role; Caesalpinia bonducella; Hepatoprotective effects; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PARACETAMOL; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

EID: 0141886287     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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