Melatonin ameliorates experimental hepatic fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1452-1458

  Hong, Ru Tao ^a,b   Xu, Jian Ming ^a,b   Mei, Qiao ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Hepatic fibrosis; Hyaluronic acid; Laminin; Malondialdehyde; Melatonin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; EOSIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMATOXYLIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; LAMININ; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; OLIVE OIL; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III N TERMINAL PEPTIDE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III-N-TERMINAL PEPTIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; LAMININ; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROCOLLAGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 65549116888     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1452     Document Type: Article

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