Hepatoprotective potential of Aloe barbadensis Mill. against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 560-566

  Chandan, B K ^a   Saxena, A K ^a   Shukla, Sangeeta ^b   Sharma, Neelam ^a   Gupta, D K ^a   Suri, K A ^a   Suri, Jyotsna ^c   Bhadauria, M ^b   Singh, B ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe barbadensis; Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4); Hepatoprotective activity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; AMINOPYRINE N DEMETHYLASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEXOBARBITAL; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; SILYMARIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ZOXAZOLAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SLEEP TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; INDIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ALOE VERA; LILIACEAE; MUS;

EID: 34247333020     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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