Green tea as an antioxidant which protects against alcohol induced injury in rats - A histopathological examination

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Baltaziak, Marek ^a   Skrzydlewska, Elzbieta ^a   Sulik, Artur ^a   Famulski, Waldemar ^a   Koda, Mariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Green tea; Histopathology; Liver; Rats; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GREEN TEA EXTRACT;

ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEA; VACUOLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542375111     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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