Role of berberine in ameliorating schistosoma mansoni-induced hepatic injury in mice

Biological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dkhil, Mohamed A ^a,b  

^a HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Berberine; Liver; Mice; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BERBERINE; CATALASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INJURIES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BERBERINE; CATALASE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURATES;

EID: 84902274801     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/0717-6287-47-8     Document Type: Article

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