Antioxidant, hepatoprotective, and ameliorative effects of methanolic extract of leaves of Grewia mollis Juss. on carbon tetrachloride-treated albino rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Asuku, Oiza ^a   Atawodi, Sunday E ^a   Onyike, Elewechi ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ameliorative effects; antioxidants; disease chemoprevention; Grewia mollis; hepatoprotective effect; medicinal plants; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GREWIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GREWIA; GREWIA MOLLIS; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GREWIA; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; VITAMIN E;

GREWIA MOLLIS; RATTUS;

EID: 84855507838     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0285     Document Type: Article

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