Effects of tea polyphenols on hepatic fibrosis in rats with alcoholic liver disease

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 577-579

  Li, You Ming ^a   Zhang, Xing Guo ^a   Zhou, Hua Li ^a   Chen, Shao Hua ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Yu, Chao Hui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Rat; Tea polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ENDOTOXIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STAINING; TEA;

ANIMALS; ENDOTOXINS; FLAVONOIDS; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEA;

EID: 9444277119     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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