Protective effect of extract from Paeonia lactiflora and Astragalus membranaceus against liver injury induced by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and lipopolysaccharide in mice

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Sun, Wu Yi ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Gui, Shuang Ying ^a   Wu, Li ^a   Wang, Hua ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; BCG VACCINE; CYTOKINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KUPFFER CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; KUPFFER CELLS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITRIC OXIDE; PAEONIA; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA;

EID: 47649116270     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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