Protective effect of the Aralia continentalis root extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Hwang, Yong Pil ^a   Choi, Jae Ho ^a   Jeong, Hye Gwang ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aralia continentalis; Carbon tetrachloride; Heme oxygenase 1; Hepatoprotection; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARALIA CONTINENTALIS ROOT EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARALIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARALIA; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

ARALIA CONTINENTALIS; MUS;

EID: 58149288220     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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