Hepatoprotective activity of purified fractions from Garcinia kola seeds in mice intoxicated with carbon tetrachloride

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 544-550

  Adaramoye, O A ^a   Farombi, E O ^a   Nssien, M ^a   Idowu, S O ^a   Ademowo, O G ^a   Adeyemi, E O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antihepatotoxicity; CCl4; Chemoprevention; Garcinia kola; Liver toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KOLAVIRON; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); THIOBARBITURIC ACID; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARCINIA KOLA; INTOXICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICROSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GARCINIA KOLA; MUS;

EID: 52149093715     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.0539     Document Type: Article

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