Curcumin and saikosaponin A inhibit chemical-induced liver inflammation and fibrosis in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Wu, Shu Ju ^a,e   Tam, Ka Wai ^b   Tsai, Ya Hui ^a   Chang, Chun Chao ^c   Chao, Jane C J ^a,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Section of General Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c Division of Gastroenterology   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CCl4; Curcumin; Liver fibrosis; Liver inflammation; Rats; Saikosaponin A

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; CURCUMIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; SAIKOSAPONIN A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SAIKOSAPONIN; SAPONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BUPLEURUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CURCUMA LONGA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATION; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZATION; RHIZOME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPLEURUM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; CURCUMA; CURCUMIN; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FIBROSIS; HYDROXYPROLINE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; SAPONINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 77951219887     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10007695     Document Type: Article

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