Effects of Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels fruit on carbon tetrachloride-induced acute oxidative damage in livers of rats and mice

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Jain, Nilesh Kumar ^a   Lodhi, Santram ^a   Jain, Avijeet ^a   Nahata, Alok ^a   Singhai, Abhay K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; Carbon tetrachloride; Liver function tests; Mice; Oxidative stress; Phyllanthus; Plant extracts; Rats

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXOBARBITAL; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS EXTRACT; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FRUIT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS; RAT; SLEEP TIME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FRUIT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYLLANTHUS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79251480094     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20110109     Document Type: Article

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