Hepatoprotective activity of brown alga Padina boergesenii against CCl4 induced oxidative damage in Wistar rats

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 696-701

  Karthikeyan, Rajamani ^a   Somasundaram, S T ^a   Manivasagam, T ^a   Balasubramanian, T ^a   Anantharaman, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Carotenoids; Hepatotoxicity; Liver fibrosis; Padina boergesenii

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PADINA BOERGESENII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PADINA BOERGESENII; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 77957673076     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60168-X     Document Type: Article

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