Hepatoprotection with a chloroform extract of Launaea procumbens against CCl4-induced injuries in rats

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Khan, Rahmat A ^a,b   Khan, Muhammad R ^b   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^a   Sahreen, Sumaira ^b,c   Shah, Naseer A ^b   Shah, Mir S ^a   Bokhari, Jasia ^b   Rashid, Umbreen ^b   Ahmad, Bushra ^b   Jan, Shumaila ^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 enzymes; Carbon tetrachloride; Flavonoids; Hepatic injuries; Launaea procumbens

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CATECHIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYPERIN; KAEMPFEROL; LAUNAEA PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; MYRICETIN; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAUNAEA PROCUMBENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ASTERACEAE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84868693678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-114     Document Type: Article

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