Hepatoprotective effects of methanol extract of Carissa opaca leaves on CCl4-induced damage in rat

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sahreen, Sumaira ^a   Khan, Muhammad R ^a   Khan, Rahmat A ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Carissa opaca; Hepatotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CATALASE; COUMARIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLAVONOID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF CARISSA OPACA; OLIVE OIL; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANNIN; TERPENOID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARISSA OPACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOCYNACEAE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NECROSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILYMARIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 79959484174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-48     Document Type: Article

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