Lycium barbarum polysaccharides protect mice liver from carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative stress and necroinflammation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 462-470

  Xiao, Jia ^a   Liong, Emily C ^a   Ching, Yick Pang ^a   Chang, Raymond Chuen Chung ^a   So, Kwok Fai ^a   Fung, Man Lung ^a   Tipoe, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Inflammation; Liver; Lycium barbarum polysaccharides; Nuclear factor kappa B; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CXCL3 CHEMOKINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LYCIUM BARBARUM POLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYCIUM BARBARUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; CYTOKINES; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LYCIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NECROSIS; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

LYCIUM BARBARUM; MUS;

EID: 84856016199     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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