Taohe Chengqi Tang ameliorates acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Lai, Tung Yuan ^a,b   Weng, Yi Jiun ^a   Kuo, Wei Wen ^a   Chen, Li Mien ^c   Chung, Yun Ting ^b   Lin, Yueh Min ^d   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^b   Lee, Chun Hsin ^e   Choong, Yee Mun ^a   Lai, Eric Y C ^f   Huang, Chih Yang ^a,g   Yeh, Yu Lan ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e XIYUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^f TAICHUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anti oxidants; Carbon tetrachloride; Rats; Taohe Chengqi Tang; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHINESE DRUG; FERROUS ION; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID; SILYMARIN; TAOHE CHENQI TANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 75749118936     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20100110     Document Type: Article

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