Healing and preventive effects of calcium alginate on carbon tetrachloride induced liver injury in rats

Marine Drugs

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 108-122

  Khotimchenko, Yuri S ^a,b   Khotimchenko, Maxim Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b PACIFIC STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective activity; Liver injury; Rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947152763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md203108     Document Type: Article

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