Hepatoprotective activity of ethanolic extracts of bark of Zanthoxylum armatum DC in CCl4 induced hepatic damage in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 777-780

  Ranawat, Lalitsingh ^a   Bhatt, Jigar ^b   Patel, Jagruti ^b  

^a Gitanjali Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^b NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; CCl4; Hepatoprotective activity; Histopathology; Silymarin; Zanthoxylum armatum DC

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BERBERINE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BERBERINE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ENZYMES; FLAVONOIDS; LIVER; MALE; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZANTHOXYLUM;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM;

EID: 76149130681     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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