Choleretic and anticholestatic activities of flavonoids of artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. scolymus (L.) Hayek)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 681, Issue , 2005, Pages 429-436

  Gebhardt, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile canaliculi; Flavonol; Fluorescein derivative; Hepatocyte culture; Luteolin; Taurolithocholate; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880209671     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.681.60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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