Hepatoprotective studies on Haloxylon salicornicum: A plant from Cholistan desert

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-382

  Ahmad, Mahmood ^a   Eram, Sofia ^a  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Haloxylon salicornicum; Hepatoprotection; Histopathology of liver; Serum biochemical parameters

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM EXTRACT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GOOSEFOOT; HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CHENOPODIACEAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RABBITS; SILYMARIN;

EID: 79959963668     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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