Fenugreek seeds, a hepatoprotector forage crop against chronic AlCl3 toxicity

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Belaïd Nouira, Yosra ^a   Bakhta, Hayfa ^a   Haouas, Zohra ^a   Flehi Slim, Imen ^a   Neffati, Fadoua ^b   Najjar, Mohamed Fadhel ^b   Cheikh, Hassen Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

AlCl3; Histopathology; Iron metabolism; Lipid peroxidation; Liver; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORIDE; FENUGREEK SEED MEAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG INJURY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; RAT; TRIGONELLA; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHLORIDES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG INJURY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TRIGONELLA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873028793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-22     Document Type: Article

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