Hepatoprotective activity of Sonchus asper against carbon tetrachloride-induced injuries in male rats: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Naseer Ali Shah²  Sumaira Sahreen¹  Muhammad R Khan²  Rahmat A Khan² 

[1]Botanical Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan

[2]Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

关键词: Liver enzymes;    Lipid peroxidation;    Antioxidant;    Liver histopathology;    Sonchus asper;    Carbon tetrachloride;   

Others  :  1232125
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-12-90

 received in 2011-12-13, accepted in 2012-07-09,  发布年份 2012

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2012 Khan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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