Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of sphaeranthus indicus against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Internet Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tiwari, Brijesh K ^a   Khosa, R L ^b  

^a Translam Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

^b BHARAT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Antioxidant activities; Hepatocellular damage; Hepatoprotection; Sphaeranthus indicus

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS;

EID: 77953416743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15402681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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