Protective Response of Dried Stems of Cassia auriculata against Carbon Tetrachloride Induced Liver Damage in Wistar Albino Rats

International Journal of Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-280

  Swathi, P ^a   Jagadeesh Kumar, T ^a   Madhu Babu, M ^a   Vijay, CH ^a  

^a PRIST UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cassia auriculata; CCL4; Hepatoprotective activity; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CASSIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; LIQUID PARAFFIN; LIVER ENZYME; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SENNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953303476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09761055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5138/ijaps.2010.0976.1055.01032     Document Type: Article

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