Hepatoprotective Effects of a Proprietary Glycyrrhizin Product during Alcohol Consumption: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1943-1953

  Chigurupati, Harsha ^a   Auddy, Biswajit ^a   Biyani, M ^a   Stohs, Sidney J ^b  

^a Chigurupati Technologies Private Limited   (India)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; AST, ALT; d mannitol; GGT; glutathione; glycyrrhizin; hepatoprotection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; MANNITOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VODKA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; GLYCYRRHIZA; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994235821     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5699     Document Type: Article

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