Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of Leucas aspera against d-galactosamine induced liver damage in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1592-1595

  Banu, Sandeep ^a   Bhaskar, Balaji ^a   Balasekar, Premkumar ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Gallic acid; Phenol; Rutin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; FLAVONOID; GALACTOSAMINE; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXOBARBITAL; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SLEEP TIME; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; GALACTOSAMINE; HEXOBARBITAL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LAMIACEAE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MICE; NECROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILYMARIN; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

LAMIACEAE; LEUCAS ASPERA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84869479423     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.685130     Document Type: Article

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