Protective effect of Woodfordia fruticosa flowers against acetaminophen-induced hepatic toxicity in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 826-832

  Baravalia, Yogesh ^a   Chanda, Sumitra ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

acetaminophen; biochemical analysis; hepatoprotective; histopathology; Woodfordia fruticosa

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WOODFORDIA; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOODFORDIA;

LYTHRACEAE; RATTUS; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 79959605086     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.550057     Document Type: Article

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