Post-treatment of Ganoderma lucidum reduced liver fibrosis induced by thioacetamide in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-499

  Wu, Yueh Wern ^a   Fang, Hsun Lang ^b   Lin, Wen Chuan ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ganoderma lucidum; Liver fibrosis; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; COLLAGENASE 3; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGENASES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; REISHI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIOACETAMIDE;

GANODERMA LUCIDUM; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77951571273     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2949     Document Type: Article

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