Hepatotoxicity of tubers of Indian Kudzu (Pueraria tuberosa) in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1066-1071

  Santosh, Nagwani ^a   Mohan, Kumar ^a   Royana, Singh ^a   Yamini, Tripathi B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Herbal; Oxidative stress; Pueraria tuberosa Linn. Fabaceae

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PUERARIA TUBEROSA EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LD 50; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA TUBEROSA; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATOCYTES; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; NECROSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUBERS; PUERARIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

FABACEAE; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA; PUERARIA TUBEROSA; RATTUS;

EID: 77549084057     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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