Effect of Pelargonium reniforme roots on alcohol-induced liver damage and oxidative stress

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 980-987

  Adewusi, Emmanuel Adekanmi ^a   Afolayan, Anthony Jide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Liver damage; Oxidative stress; Pelargonium reniforme

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; BUTYLCRESOL; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; RUTOSIDE; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PELARGONIUM; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77956040165     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903410354     Document Type: Article

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