Hepatoprotective activity of Andrographis Paniculata and Swertia Chirayita

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3367-3373

  Nagalekshmi, R ^a   Menon, Aditya ^b   Chandrasekharan, Dhanya K ^b   Nair, Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan ^c  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c India   (India)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata; Hepatoprotection; Liver marker enzymes; Paracetamol; Swertia chirayita

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIVER ENZYME; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SWERTIA; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGRAPHIS; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INDIA; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWERTIA;

ACANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; GENTIANACEAE; MUS; SWERTIA;

EID: 80055024594     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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