Aqueous extract of Anoectochilus formosanus attenuate hepatic fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Shih, C C ^a   Wu, Y W ^a   Lin, W C ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anoectochilus formosanus; Carbon tetrachloride; Glutathione; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; GLUTATHIONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SERUM ALBUMIN; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FIBROGENESIS; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS;

EID: 19944396483     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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