Hepatoprotective effect of Leucophyllum frutescens on Wistar albino rats intoxicated with carbon tetrachloride

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-254

  Balderas Renteria, Isaías ^a   Camacho Corona, María Del Rayo ^a   Carranza Rosales, Pilar ^b   Lozano Garza, Héctor G ^b   Castillo Nava, Dalila ^a   Álvarez Mendoza, Francisco J ^a   Tamez Cantú, Elsa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cenizo; Hepatic transaminases; Liver fibrosis; Methanolic extract

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LEUCOPHYLLUM FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGHER PLANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTOXICATION; LEUCOPHYLLUM FRUTESCENS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 37549037810     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31906-4     Document Type: Article

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