Hepatoprotective effect of cassia auriculata l. leaf extract on carbon tetrachloride intoxicated liver damage in wister albino rats

Asian Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-112

  Dhanasekaran, Jeeva Jothi ^a   Ganapathy, Mathangi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2' azio bis (3 ethylbenzenethiazoline 6 sulphonic acids) free radical; ABTS+; Antioxidant activity; CAME; Carbon tetra chloride; Cassia auriculata; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CASSIA AURICULATA; FABACEAE; RATTUS; SENNA; TETRA;

EID: 77957706921     PISSN: 18159923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajb.2011.104.112     Document Type: Article

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