Prunes and liver function: A clinical trial

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-466

  Ahmed, Talat ^a   Sadia, Halima ^a   Khalid, Aneela ^a   Batool, Sadia ^a   Janjua, Ayesha ^a  

^a SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Prunus domestica; Serum alanine transaminase; Serum alkaline phosphatase; Serum aspartate transaminase and bilirubin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PRUNUS EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRUNUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PRESERVATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BEVERAGES; BILIRUBIN; DESICCATION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PRUNUS;

EID: 78651381142     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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