Aloin protects against chronic alcoholic liver injury via attenuating lipid accumulation, oxidative stress and inflammation in mice

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1624-1633

  Cui, Yan ^a   Ye, Qing ^a   Wang, Heya ^a   Li, Yingchao ^a   Xia, Xiuhua ^a   Yao, Weirong ^a   Qian, He ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aloin; Chronic alcoholic liver injury; Hepatoprotection; Inflammation; Lipid accumulation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALLOIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; EMODIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; IMMUNOLOGY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMODIN; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84896551756     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-014-0370-0     Document Type: Article

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