The effectiveness of ethanolic extract of Amaranthus tricolor L.: A natural hepatoprotective agent

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1051-1064

  Al Dosari, Mohammed S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amaranthus tricolor; Antioxidant; Carbon Tetrachloride; Hepatoprotection; Lipid Peroxidation; Liver Injury

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; NARCOLEPSY; PENTOBARBITAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP;

EID: 78149457635     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10008469     Document Type: Article

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