The effects of aqueous extracts prepared from the leaves of Pistacia lentiscus in experimental liver disease

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 198-204

  Ljubuncic, Predrag ^a   Song, Hui ^a   Cogan, Uri ^a   Azaizeh, Hassan ^b   Bomzon, Arieh ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Galilee Society   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Liver disease; Oxidative stress; Pistacia lentiscus; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; LIPID; PISTACIA LENTISCUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOACETAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PISTACIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMALIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 23044465135     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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