Hepatoprotective activity of Indian phyllanthus

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 948-953

  Srirama, R ^a,b   Deepak, H B ^c   Senthilkumar, U ^d   Ravikanth, G ^d   Gurumurthy, B R ^e   Shivanna, M B ^b   Chandrasekaran, C V ^c   Agarwal, Amit ^c   Shaanker, R Uma ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^d ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^e ZARS   (India)

Author keywords

DPPH; Hepatoprotective activity; HepG2 cells; Hypophyllanthin; Phyllanthin; Phyllanthus

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; HYPOPHYLLANTHIN; LIGNAN; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; METHANOL; PHYLLANTHIN; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS DEBILIS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS INDOFISCHERII EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS MADERASPATENSIS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS POLYPHYLLUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS TENELLUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS VIRGATUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS; PHYLLANTHUS DEBILIS; PHYLLANTHUS INDOFISCHERII; PHYLLANTHUS MADERASPATENSIS; PHYLLANTHUS POLYPHYLLUS; PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATUS; PHYLLANTHUS TENELLUS; PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA; PHYLLANTHUS VIRGATUS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; INDIA; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIGNANS; LIVER; METHANOL; PHYLLANTHUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SOLVENTS; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE;

EUPHORBIACEAE; PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PHYLLANTHUS DEBILIS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PHYLLANTHUS INDOFISCHERI; PHYLLANTHUS MADERASPATENSIS; PHYLLANTHUS POLYPHYLLUS; PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATUS; PHYLLANTHUS TENELLUS; PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA; PHYLLANTHUS VIRGATUS;

EID: 84863668007     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.649858     Document Type: Article

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