Attenuating effect of ginkgo biloba leaves extract on liver fibrosis induced by thioacetamide in mice

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Al Attar, Atef M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA LEAVE EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOACETAMIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ISOLATION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GINKGO BILOBA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA; MUS;

ANIMALS; GINKGO BILOBA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; THIOACETAMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871826207     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/761450     Document Type: Article

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