The European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) grown on plums extract inhibits CCl 4 -induced liver damage in rats

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Cebovic, Tatjana ^a   Spasic, Slavica ^b   Popovic, Mira ^a   Borota, Jela ^a   Leposavic, Gordana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Hepatotoxicity; Lipid peroxidation; Mistletoe; Oxidative stress; Transaminases; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; MEDICINE; RODENT; SHRUB; TOXICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 33744487654     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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