Protective effect of glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhetic acid and matrine on acute cholestasis induced by α-naphthyl isothiocyanate in rats

Planta Medica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-133

  Zhai, Desheng ^a,b   Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Chen, Xijing ^a   Guo, Jiqiang ^b   He, Hui ^a   Yu, Qiaoling ^a   Yang, Jinnan ^b   Davey, Andrew K ^c   Wang, Jiping ^c  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Complementary and alternative medicine; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Malvaceae; Standardized herbal medicinal product

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONIDE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; KETOPROFEN GLUCURONIDE; MATRINE; OXYMATRINE; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CHOLESTASIS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; ISOCYANATES; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; QUINOLIZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; MALVACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 34250303985     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957067     Document Type: Article

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