Protective effect of Cynodon dactylon against STZ induced hepatic injury in rats

Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 195-199

  Singh, Santosh Kumar ^a,b   Rai, Prashant Kumar ^a,b   Jaiswal, Dolly ^a,b   Rai, Devendra K ^a,b   Sherma, Bechan ^a,b   Watal, Geeta ^a,b  

^a Medicinal Research Lab   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Creatinine; Cynodon dectylon; Serum glutamate pyruwate transminase; Serum glutanate oxaloacietate transminase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BERMUDA GRASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNODON; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TOXICITY TESTING;

CYNODON DACTYLON; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 65549106082     PISSN: 09724397     EISSN: 0974-0805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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