Honey prevents hepatic damage induced by obstruction of the common bile duct

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3729-3732

  Erguder, B Imge ^a   Kilicoglu, Sibel S ^b   Namuslu, Mehmet ^a   Kilicoglu, Bulent ^c   Devrim, Erdinc ^a   Kismet, Kemal ^c   Durak, Ilker ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ankara Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Honey; Nitric oxide; Obstructive jaundice

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONEY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 54349099741     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3729     Document Type: Article

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