Effects of carvacrol upon the liver of rats undergoing partial hepatectomy

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-229

  Uyanoglu, Mustafa ^a   Canbek, Mediha ^a   Aral, Erinc ^a   Husnu Can Baser, K ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Liver regeneration; Origanum onites; Partial hepatectomy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARVACROL; CYCLINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; LIVER; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MITOTIC INDEX; MONOTERPENES; ORIGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM ONITES; RATTUS;

EID: 38949097731     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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