Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of chloroform and ethanol extracts of Gmelina asiatica aerial parts

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-538

  Merlin, N J ^a   Parthasarathy, V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti hepatitis activity; Antioxidant activity; Carbon tetrachloride; Gmelina asiatica Linn; Histopathology; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CHLOROFORM; GLUTATHIONE; GMELINA ASIATICA EXTRACT; HYDROPEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; 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 POTENCY; FEMALE; GMELINA ASIATICA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

GMELINA ASIATICA; RATTUS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 79953697090     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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