Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of Egyptian moraceous plants against carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative stress and liver damage in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1255-1264

  Singab, Abdel Nasser B ^a   Ayoub, Nahla A ^a   Ali, Eman N ^b   Mostafa, Nada M ^a  

^a African Union Organization St Abbassia   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid; Flavonoids; Moraceae; Silymarin; Umbelliferone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CREATININE; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; MULBERRY EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN 3 O ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE; QUERCETIN 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UMBELLIFERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FICUS CARICA; FRUIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FRUIT; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METHANOL; MORACEAE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; SILYMARIN;

FICUS CARICA; MORACEAE; MORUS ALBA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78049476371     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880201003730659     Document Type: Article

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