Actinidia rubricaulis attenuates hepatic fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Liao, Jung Chun ^a   Lin, Kun Hung ^a   Cheng, Hao Yuan ^a   Wu, Jin Bin ^a   Hsieh, Ming Tsuen ^a   Peng, Wen Huang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actinidia; Carbon tetrachloride; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA RUBRICAULIS EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINIDIA RUBRICAULIS; ACTINIDIACEAE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTINIDIA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 33846820292     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004643     Document Type: Article

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