Hepatoprotective effects of Momordica cymbalaria Fenzl. against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatic injury in rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 365-374

  Koneri, Raju ^a   Balaraman, R ^b   Firdous, ^a   Vinoth Kumar, M ^b  

^a Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective; Momordica cymbalaria

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER VEIN; MALE; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PORTAL VEIN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 44249089045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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