Effect of Cassia fistula Linn. leaf extract on diethylnitrosamine induced hepatic injury in rats

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-18

  Pradeep, Kannampalli ^a   Mohan, Chandrasekaran Victor Raj ^a   Gobianand, Kuppannan ^a   Karthikeyan, Sivanesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cassia fistula Linn.; Diethylnitrosamine; Hepatotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASSIA FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; CASSIA; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; ETHANOL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; CASSIA FISTULA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33947095422     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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