Hepatoprotective activity of Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz flowers against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Chandan, B K ^a   Saxena, A K ^a   Shukla, Sangeeta ^b   Sharma, N ^a   Gupta, D K ^a   Singh, K ^a   Suri, Jyotsna ^c   Bhadauria, M ^b   Qazi, G N ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bromosulphalein; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective activity; Woodfordia fruticosa

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOPYRINE N DEMETHYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BROMSULFOPHTHALEIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; GLUTATHIONE; HEXOBARBITAL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MICROSOME ENZYME; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; ZOXAZOLAMINE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; RAT; SLEEP TIME; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLOWERS; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATOCYTES; INDIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; WOODFORDIA;

LYTHRACEAE; MUS; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 51149107613     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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