The hepatoprotective and antifibrotic effects of Saururus chinensis against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatic fibrosis in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-491

  Wang, Lishu ^a,b   Cheng, Dongyan ^a   Wang, Haisheng ^a   Di, Lin ^a   Zhou, Xuefeng ^b   Xu, Tunhai ^c   Yang, Xianwen ^b   Liu, Yonghong ^b  

^a Jilin Provincial Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Antifibrotic effect; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective; Liver fibrosis; Saururus chinensis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; LAMININ; LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; SAURURUS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAURURACEAE;

RATTUS; SAURURACEAE; SAURURUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 70449685750     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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