Hepatoprotective activity of Camellia sinensis and its possible mechanism of action

Iranian Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-14

  Sengottuvelu, Singaravel ^a   Duraisami, Srinivasan ^b   Nandhakumar, Jothivel ^a   Duraisami, Rasilingam ^a   Vasudevan, Mani ^a  

^a NANDHA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Camellia sinensis; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TEA;

EID: 67649651724     PISSN: 17352657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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