Protective effects of a purified saponin mixture from astragalus corniculatus Bieb., in vivo hepatotoxicity models

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 731-736

  Vitcheva, Vessela ^a   Simeonova, Rumyana ^a   Krasteva, Ilina ^a   Nikolov, Stefan ^a   Mitcheva, Mitka ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

CCl4; liver toxicity; paracetamol; saponins

Indexed keywords

19ALPHA HYDROXYOLEAN 12 ENE 28,21BETA OLIDE 3 BETA XYLOPYRANOSIDE; 21ALPHA HYDROXYOLEAN 12 ENE 28 OIC ACID 3BETA 4 OXOPENTOPYRANOSIDE; 3BETA O [O 4 OXOPENTOPYRANOSYL (1-2) BETA GLUCOPYRANOSYL] 21ALPHA HYDROXYOLEAN 12 ENE 28 OIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANILINE 4 HYDROXYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHYLMORPHINE N DEMETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; OXYGENASE; PARACETAMOL; SAPONIN; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GLUTATHIONE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPONINS; SILYMARIN;

ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84876466879     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4785     Document Type: Article

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