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Hepatoprotective effect of Amoora rohituka
M K GOLE, S DASGUPTA, R K SUR, J GHOSAL
Published in Swets en Zeitlinger B.V.
1997
Volume: 35
   
Issue: 5
Pages: 318 - 322
Abstract
Antihepatotoxic activity of a resuspended residue of the alcohol extract of Amoora rohituka W. & A. (Meliaceae) was studied in rats with hepatic injury induced by carbon tetrachloride. Carbon tetrachloride (1 ml/kg, i.p.) was administered twice a week for 3 weeks and an extract of A. rohituka (50 mg/kg/day) was given orally for the same period. The rats were sacrificed 24 h after the last CCl4 challenge. Carbon tetrachloride induced elevations of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and total plasma bilirubin concentration as well as depression of total plasma cholesterol concentration were reduced significantly by the concurrent treatment of rats with A. rohituka suspension. Changes in the histological architecture of the liver produced by CCl4 where also protected by the administration of A. rohituka suspension. These results indicate that A. rohituka suspension possesses hepatoprotective action. © Swets & Zeitlinger.
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JournalPharmaceutical Biology
PublisherSwets en Zeitlinger B.V.
ISSN1388-0209