Effects of extract from astragalus glycyphylloides on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in wistar rats

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Simeonova, Rumyana ^a   Krasteva, Ilina ^a   Kondeva Burdina, Magdalena ^a   Benbassat, Niko ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant effect; Astragalus glycyphylloides; Carbon tetrachloride; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS GLYCYPYLLOIDES EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS GLYCYPYLLOIDES; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881271244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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