Hepatoprotective activity of alcoholic and aqueous extracts of leaves of Tylophora indica (Linn.) in rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Gujrati, Vipul ^a   Patel, Nilesh ^a   Rao, Venkat N ^a   Nandakumar, K ^a   Gouda, T S ^a   Shalam, Md ^a   Shanta Kumar, S M ^a  

^a VL College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Hepatoprotective activity; Leaf extracts; Tylophora indica

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SILYMARIN; STEROID; THIOPENTAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRITERPENE; TYLOPHORA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LD 50; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PREMEDICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SLEEP; TYLOPHORA;

EID: 33847706181     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.30763     Document Type: Article

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