Influence of olive and rosemary leaves extracts on chemically induced liver cirrhosis in male rats

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-163

  Al Attar, Atef M ^a   Shawush, Nessreen A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Olive leaves; Rats; Rosemary leaves; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

RATTUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84922976365     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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