COMPARATIVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITIES OF ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER LABILL HERB AND ROOTS IN RATS

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-274

  Yusufoglu, Hasan Soliman ^a   Alam, Aftab ^a   Zaghloul, Ahmed Mohammed ^a   Al Salkini, Mohammad Ayman ^a   Alam, Prawez ^a  

^a PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Astragalus gummifer; Biochemical; carrageenan; CCl4; Hepatoprotective

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84964315031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.37     Document Type: Article

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