Hepatoprotective and toxic characteristics of the whole herb of traditional Tibetan folk medicine Swertia mussotii Franch

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 706-709

  Lv, Ping ^a,b   Wei, Lixin ^a   Du, Yuzhi ^a   Yang, Hongxia ^a,b   Peng, Min ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Extracts; Gentianaceae; Hepatoprotective activity; Swertia mussotii franch.; Tibetan herb; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SWERTIA MUSSOTII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LD 50; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION; SWERTIA; SWERTIA MUSSOTII; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TOXICITY TESTING;

GENTIANACEAE; MUS; SWERTIA;

EID: 77951906747     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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