Anti-fibrotic effects of the anthocyanins isolated from the purple-fleshed sweet potato on hepatic fibrosis induced by dimethylnitrosamine administration in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3137-3143

  Choi, Jae Ho ^a,b   Hwang, Yong Pil ^a   Choi, Chul Yung ^c   Chung, Young Chul ^c   Jeong, Hye Gwang ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c Korea International University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

SMA; Anthocyanins; Collagen; Dimethylnitrosamine; Hepatic fibrosis; Purple sweet potato

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTHOCYANIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SWEET POTATO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; RATTUS;

EID: 77957332179     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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