The effects of N-acetylcysteine on bile duct ligation-induced liver fibrosis in rats

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3348-3354

  Tahan, Gulgun ^a   Tarcin, Orhan ^b   Tahan, Veysel ^a   Eren, Fatih ^a   Gedik, Nursal ^c   Sahan, Elife ^d   Biberoglu, Nilgun ^d   Guzel, Savas ^d   Bozbas, Aysun ^a   Tozun, Nurdan ^a   Yucel, Osman ^d  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gumussuyu Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c KASIMPASA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Taksim State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antifibrotic; Bile duct ligation; Hepatic fibrosis; N acetylcysteine; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASIST; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COLLAGEN; EOSIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMATOXYLIN; LUCIGENIN; LUMINOL; MALONALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 35949000846     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9717-9     Document Type: Article

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