Treatment of chronic liver injuries in mice by oral administration of ethanolic extract of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 693-703

  Fang, Hsun Lang ^a   Lin, Hui Yi ^a   Chan, Ming Che ^a   Lin, Wei Lii ^a   Lin, Wen Chuan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon Tetrachloride; Hovenia dulcis; Liver Injuries

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; HOVENIA DULCIS EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHANOL; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 2A; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACTION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOVENIA DULCIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, CYTOPLASMIC; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC, DRUG-INDUCED; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHYTOTHERAPY; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 34548159222     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07005181     Document Type: Article

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