Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of Hybanthus enneaspermus against CCl4-induced liver injury in rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 855-859

  Vuda, Madhusudanarao ^a,c   D'Souza, Roshan ^a,d   Upadhya, Suhas ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Rao, Namita ^a   Kumar, Vasanth ^a   Boillat, Colette ^b   Mungli, Prakash ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatoprotective effect; Hybanthus enneaspermus; Liver injury; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CERULOPLASMIN; HYBANTHUS ENNEASPERMUS EXTRACT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYBANTHUS ENNEASPERMUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 84867668142     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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