Carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity: Protective effect of 'Rocket' Eruca sativa L. in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-88

  Alqasoumi, Saleh ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Eruca sativa; Hepatoprotection; Lipid peroxidation; Liver injury; Rocket

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ERUCA SATIVA EXTRACT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PENTOBARBITAL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ERUCA SATIVA; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRASSICACEAE; CHEMISTRY; INTOXICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; SLEEP; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXIC HEPATITIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRASSICACEAE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTOBARBITAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77951245826     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10007671     Document Type: Article

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