Zizyphus spina-christi protects against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2111-2119

  Amin, Amr ^a   Mahmoud Ghoneim, Doaa ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Collagen; Liver fibrosis; Oxidative stress; Texture analysis; Zizyphus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZYPHUS SPINA CHRISTI EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ZIZYPHUS SPINA CHRISTI;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; COLLAGEN; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZIZIPHUS;

RATTUS; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 68649098010     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.05.038     Document Type: Article

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