ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES IN VITRO AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF NELUMBO NUCIFERA LEAVES IN VIVO

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 85-91

  Yuan, Lin ^a,b   Gu, Xuezhu ^c   Yin, Zhenhua ^a   Kang, Wenyi ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4); hepatoprotective effect; Nelumbo nucifera leaves

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALDEHYDE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MALEALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NELUMBO; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NELUMBO; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84964314950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.12     Document Type: Article

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