Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of ethanolic extracts of edible lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) leaves

Food Chemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 873-878

  Huang, Bo ^a   Ban, Xiaoquan ^a   He, Jingsheng ^a   Tong, Jing ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Wang, Youwei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective; HPLC DAD ESI MS; Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASTRAGALIN; BILIRUBIN; BUTYLCRESOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSIDE; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; MIRICITRIN 3 O GLUCOSIDE; NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCITRIN; QUERCITRIN 3 O RHAMNOSIDE; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DIODE ARRAY DETECTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

NELUMBO NUCIFERA; RATTUS;

EID: 74149084416     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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