Hepatoprotective effect of the aqueous extract of flemingia macrophylla on carbon tetrachloride-induced acute hepatotoxicity in rats through anti-oxidative activities

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-365

  Hsieh, Po Chow ^a   Ho, Yu Ling ^b   Huang, Guan Jhong ^a   Huang, Ming Hsing ^c   Chiang, Ying Chen ^a   Huang, Shyh Shyun ^a   Hou, Wen Chi ^d   Chang, Yuan Shiun ^a,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon Tetrachloride; Flemingia macrophylla; Hepatotoxicity; Nitric Oxide; Tumor Necrosis Factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; DAIDZEIN; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; GENISTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

EID: 79953649701     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X11008877     Document Type: Article

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