Hepatoprotective activities of two Ethiopian medicinal plants

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-468

  Umer, Shemsu ^a   Asres, Kaleab ^a   Veeresham, Ciddi ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Hepatic marker enzymes; Histopathological studies; In vivo hepatoprotective activity; Justicia schimperiana; Radical scavenging activity; Verbascum sinaiticum

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; JUSTICIA SCHIMPERIANA EXTRACT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM EXTRACT;

ACANTHACEAE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; JUSTICIA SCHIMPERIANA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM;

ACANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; VERBASCUM;

ACANTHACEAE; JUSTICIA; MUS; SCROPHULARIACEAE; VERBASCUM SINAITICUM;

EID: 77950191558     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903173593     Document Type: Article

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