Hepatoprotective activity of licorice water extract against Cadmium-induced toxicity in rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Lee, Jong Rok ^a   Park, Sook Jahr ^a,b   Lee, Hyeung Sik ^a   Jee, Seon Young ^a   Seo, Jungcheol ^a,b   Kwon, Young Kyu ^c   Kwon, Taeg Kyu ^d   Kim, Sang Chan ^a,b  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b Research and Development Team for the New Drug of Oriental Medicine (BK21 Program)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bad Translocation; Cadmium; Licorice; Liver Toxicity; Protective Effect

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAD;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

EID: 70349484666     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem078     Document Type: Article

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