Hepatoprotection by freshwater clam extract against CCl4-induced hepatic damage in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-894

  Hsu, Chin Lin ^a,b   Hsu, Chien Chen ^c   Yen, Gow Chin ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon Tetrachloride; Freshwater Clam Extract; Hepatic Damage; Hepatoprotection

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CLAM EXTRACT; FRESH WATER; NATURAL PRODUCT; SILYMARIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CORBICULA; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HYDROXYPROLINE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 77956428866     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10008329     Document Type: Article

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