The effect of pretreatment of zerumbone on fatty liver following ethanol induced hepatoxicity

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1348-1351

  Fakurazi, Sharida ^a   Hairuszah, I ^a   Lip, J Mohd ^b   Shanthi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Hapatoxicity; Hepatoprotective; Zerumbone; Zingiber zerumbet

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZERUMBONE;

ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GINGER; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 63449093868     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.1348.1351     Document Type: Article

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