Ameliorative effect of silibinin against N-nitrosodimethylamine-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1004-1013

  Ezhilarasan, Devaraj ^a   Karthikeyan, Sivanesan ^a   Vivekanandan, Palani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cells; N Nitrosodimethylamine; Oxidative stress; Silibinin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; COLLAGEN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; SILIBININ; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILYMARIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871817230     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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