Hepatoprotective effects of berberis lycium, galium aparine and pistacia integerrima in carbon tetrachloride (CCL4)-treated rats

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-94

  Khan, Muhammad Aman ^a,b   Jehanzeb, ^a,b   Shafiullah, ^a,b   Malik, Salman A ^a,b   Shafi, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Galium aparine and pistacia integerrima; Hepatoprotective and hepatocurative role; Medicinal plants berberis lycium

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BERBERIS LYCIUM EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GALIUM APARINE EXTRACT; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BERBERIS LYCIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GALIUM APARINE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA; RAT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BERBERIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; GALIUM; PISTACHIO;

EID: 77956120011     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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