The effect of citrullus colocynthis pulp extract on the liver of diabetic rats a light and scanning electron microscopic study

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-163

  Khalil, Mohammad ^a   Mohamed, Gamal ^b   Dallak, Mohammad ^c   Al Hashem, Fahaid ^c   Sakr, Hussein ^c   Eid, Refaat A ^c   Adly, Mohamed A ^d   Al Khateeb, Mahmoud ^c   Banihani, Saleh ^e   Hassan, Zuhair ^e   Bashir, Nabil ^e  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Citrullus colocynthis; Diabetes; Liver; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLOOD; LIVER; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RATING; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLOXAN; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CYTOPLASMIC VACUOLIZATION; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; INFLAMMATORY CELLS; INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTIONS; PROBLEM STATEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC;

RATS;

ALLOXAN; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; FAT DROPLET;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COLOCYNTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER STRUCTURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ANIMALIA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; RATTUS;

EID: 77957338670     PISSN: 15533468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajbbsp.2010.155.163     Document Type: Article

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