Hepatoprotective activity of Sonchus asper against carbon tetrachloride-induced injuries in male rats: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Khan, Rahmat A ^a,b   Khan, Muhammad R ^b   Sahreen, Sumaira ^b,c   Shah, Naseer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BANNU   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Lipid peroxidation; Liver enzymes; Liver histopathology; Sonchus asper

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHANOL; OLIVE OIL; SILYMARIN; SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SONCHUS;

EID: 84863534263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-90     Document Type: Article

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