Acute toxicity and hepatoprotective effect of methanolic extract of Tephrosia calophylla

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-273

  Adinarayana, K ^a   Jayaveera, K N ^b   Mallikarjuna Rao, P ^c   Madhusudhana Chetty, C ^a   Sandeep, D K ^a   Swetha, C ^a   Mohamed Saleem, T S ^a  

^a ANNAMACHARYA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Herbal drug; Liver injury; Liver marker enzyme

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LIV 52; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; TEPHROSIA CALOPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA CALOPHYLLA; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; TEPHROSIA;

EID: 77957160316     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.266.273     Document Type: Article

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