Antioxidative burst and hepatoprotective effects of ethanol root extract of Hippocratea africana against paracetamol-induced liver injury

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 872-880

  Okokon, Jude E ^a   Nwafor, Paul A ^a   Charles, Ukeme ^a   Dar, Ashana ^b   Iqbal Choudhary, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antioxidative stress; Chemiluminescence.

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; DICHLOROMETHANE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; HIPPOCRATEA AFRICANA EXTRACT; LUCIGENIN; LUMINOL; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELASTRACEAE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HIPPOCRATEA AFRICANA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARACETAMOL INDUCED LIVER INJURY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIPPOCRATEACEAE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEUTROPHILS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; CELASTRACEAE; HIPPOCRATEA; RATTUS;

EID: 84879396343     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.768273     Document Type: Article

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