Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Ginkgo biloba phytosomes in carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in rodents

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-399

  Naik, Suresh R ^a   Panda, Vandana S ^b  

^a Sinhgad Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^b PRIN K M KUNDNANI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Carbon tetrachloride; Ginkgo biloba Hepatoprotective; Phytosomes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKOSELECT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID PHOSPHOLIPID COMPLEX; LIVER ENZYME; OLIVE OIL; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GINKGO BILOBA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILYMARIN;

EID: 33947286256     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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