Antioxidant and curative effect of Leucas aspera methanolic extract against carbontetra chloride induced acute liver injury in rats

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 374-378

  Latha, B ^a   Latha, M S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Leucas aspera; Lipid peroxidation; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; LIPID PEROXIDE; SILYMARIN; SITOSTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84874539631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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