In vivo glycyrrhizin accelerates liver regeneration and rapidly lowers serum transaminase activities in 70% partially hepatectomized rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 579, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 357-364

  Kimura, Mitsutoshi ^a   Moro, Tadashi ^b   Motegi, Hajime ^a   Maruyama, Hiroyuki ^a   Sekine, Mariko ^a   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Hideo ^b   Sato, Toshitsugu ^b   Ogihara, Masahiko ^a  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minophagen Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Epidermal growth factor; Glycyrrhizin; Ibuprofen; Liver regeneration; Serum transaminase

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEPATECTOMY; IBUPROFEN; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 37549063079     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.10.073     Document Type: Article

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