Effect of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) on cholesterol gallstones and bile secretion in hamsters

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1093-1099

  Arteaga, Silvia ^a   Carmona, Agustín ^a   Luis, Juana ^b   Andrade Cetto, Adolfo ^a   Cárdenas, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CREOSOTE; LARREA TRIDENTATA EXTRACT; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL STONE; DIET; HAMSTER; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; STONE FORMATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BILE; CHOLATES; CHOLESTEROL; CRICETINAE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; GALLSTONES; LARREA; LIVER; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 25844438748     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.57.9.0004     Document Type: Article

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