Hepatoprotective herbs - A review

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Mohamed Saleem, T S ^a   Madhusudhana Chetty, S ^a   Ramkanth, S ^a   Rajan, V S T ^a   Mahesh Kumar, K ^a   Gauthaman, K ^b  

^a ANNAMACHARYA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b HIMALAYAN PHARMACY INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride (CCL4); Hepatotoxicity; Herbal drugs; Liver injury; Serum transaminases

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CASSIA ROXBURGHII EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE CAPITULA EXTRACT; COCCINIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOGEN; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROSTECHEA MICHUACANA EXTRACT; SARGASSUM POLYCYSTUM EXTRACT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WEDELIA CALENDULACEA EXTRACT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; CASSIA ROXBURGHII; CELL INFILTRATION; CHAMOMILE CAPITULA; COCCINIA GRANDIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FICUS CARICA; FLACOURTIA INDICA; HEART; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS; PLANT LEAF; PROSTECHEA MICHUACANA; REVIEW; SARGASSUM POLYCYSTUM; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SPLEEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYMUS; WEDELIA CALENDULACEA;

EID: 77954607835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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