Effects of standardized bilberry fruit extract (Mirtoselect®) on resolution of CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 848-854

  Domitrović, Robert ^a   Jakovac, Hrvoje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle actin; Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.); Liver fibrosis; Matrix metalloproteinase; Transforming growth factor ; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MIRTOSELECT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

MUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 79952440431     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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