Noni juice is not hepatotoxic [2]

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 3616-3619

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASCARA SAGRADA; DANTRON; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; LUTEOSKYRIN; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; SENNA EXTRACT; SENNOSIDE; TAHITIAN NONI; RADICAL;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ISOLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REFERENCE VALUE; RHAMNUS; SENNA; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONSUMER; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; LIVER; MALE; MORINDA; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MORINDA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 33745726638     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3616     Document Type: Letter

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