Protective effects of Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) against carbon tetrachloride and acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 997-1002

  Yemitan, Omoniyi K ^a   Izegbu, Matthew C ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Bilirubin; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Histopathological examination; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARACETAMOL; SORBITOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GINGER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; RAT; RHIZOME; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GINGER; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME;

ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33751097241     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1957     Document Type: Article

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