Hepatoprotective activity of dried- and fermented-processed virgin coconut oil

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zakaria, Z A ^a   Rofiee, M S ^b   Somchit, M N ^a   Zuraini, A ^a   Sulaiman, M R ^a   Teh, L K ^b   Salleh, M Z ^b   Long, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c Biotechnology Research Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGIN COCONUT OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 79953267619     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/142739     Document Type: Article

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