Methanolic extract of Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz flowers ameliorates carbon tetrachloride-induced chronic hepatic fibrosis in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1224-1236

  Nitha, A ^a   Prabha, S P ^a   Ansil, P N ^a   Latha, M S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

antioxidant; hepatic fibrosis; hydroxyproline; oxidative stress; Woodfordia fruticosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONFERTIN; ELLAGIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIPID PEROXIDE; METHANOL; METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUERCETIN 3 METHYL ETHER; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE-INDUCED LIVER FIBROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOWER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; WOODFORDIA; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOODFORDIA;

EID: 84976413716     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233714552120     Document Type: Article

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