Hepatoprotective effects of Clitoria ternatea and Vigna mungo against acetaminophen and carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-48

  Solanki, Y B ^a   Jain, S M ^a  

^a L M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Hydroxyproline; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CLITORIA TERNATEA EXTRACT; COLLAGEN; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXYPROPIONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGNA MUNGO EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CLITORIA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEGUME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SLEEP TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; UPREGULATION; VIGNA MUNGO;

EID: 77955490740     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: 2152100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2011.30.48     Document Type: Article

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