Protective effects of Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels leaf extracts on acetaminophen and thioacetamide induced hepatic injuries in Wistar rats

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 470-474

  Jain, Nilesh Kumar ^a   Singhai, Abhay K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; DPPH; Hepatoprotective; Phyllanthus acidus; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FLAVONOID; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENOL; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; THIOACETAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; IC 50; INJURY SEVERITY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PHYLLANTHUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 79960244555     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60128-4     Document Type: Article

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