Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Eucalyptus maculata

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Mohamed, Abdel Fattah ^a   Ali Hasan, Abeer Gafar ^a   Hamamy, Mahmoud Ismail ^a   Abdel Sattar, Essam ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Eucalyptus maculata; Hepatoprotection; Paraquat and acetaminophen

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOGEN; PARACETAMOL; PARAQUAT; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MACULATA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; RAT; SPLEEN; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EUCALYPTUS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SLEEP;

EID: 28144455576     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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