Toona sinensis Roem (Meliaceae) leaf extract alleviates liver fibrosis via reducing TGFβ1 and collagen

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2228-2236

  Fan, Sabrina ^a   Chen, Huan Nan ^a   Wang, Chen Jhe ^a   Tseng, Wei Chung ^a   Hsu, Hseng Kuang ^b   Weng, Ching Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Liver fibrosis; Thioacetamide induced; Toona sinensis Roem

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2A; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOACETAMIDE; TOONA SINENSIS EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEDRELA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOONA SINENSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MELIACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

MELIACEAE; RATTUS; TOONA SINENSIS;

EID: 34548813850     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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