Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of ethanol extract of Vitex glabrata on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage in rats

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1135-1140

  Sridevi, V K ^a   Chouhan, Hemendra S ^a   Singh, Narendra K ^a   Singh, Sushil K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Artemetin; Hepatoprotective activity; Vitex glabrata

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARTEMETIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PEROXIDASE; PHENOL; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX GLABRATA EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VITEX; VITEX GLABRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ETHANOL; LIVER; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; VITEX;

EID: 84862223872     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.560849     Document Type: Article

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