Counteracting methionine choline-deficient diet-induced fatty liver by administration of turmeric and silymarin

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1812-1820

  El Sheikh, Nora M ^a   Abd El Fattah, Hanaa M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Methionine choline deficiency; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Silymarin; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857416711     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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