Screening of ethyl acetate extract of Bridelia micrantha for hepatoprotective and anti-oxidant activities on Wistar rats

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 796-798

  Nwaehujor, Chinaka O ^a   Udeh, Nkeiruka E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bridelia micrantha; Ethyl acetate leaf extract; Hepatoprotective

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETATES; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 80054852691     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60196-X     Document Type: Article

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