Effects of water extracts of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) on alcohol abuse

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1945-1949

  Shati, Ali A ^a   Elsaid, Fahmy G ^a,b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Antioxidant enzymes; Ginger; Liver function; Mice; Thyme

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; THYMUS EXTRACT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GINGER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOLVENTS; THYMUS PLANT; WATER;

MUS; THYMUS VULGARIS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 68649089012     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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