The effect of Eurycoma Longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage in rats

• Main Authors: Alfaqeh, Hamoud Hussein Mohammed, Muhammad, Bala Yauri, Abdel Wahab, Emad Mohamad Nafie, Khorshid, Anuar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit USM 2010
• Subjects: QM Human anatomy; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/11013/4/THE_EFFECT_OF_EURYCOMA_LONGIFOLIA_JACK_%28TONGKAT_ALI%29_ON_CARBON_TETRACHLORIDE-INDUCED_LIVER.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/11013/; http://web.usm.my/mjps/current.html

We attempted to investigate possible hepatoprotective effect of Eurycoma longifolia jack (ELJ) using carbon tetrachloride (CC14)-induced acute hepatotoxicity model in rats. Hepatotoxicity was induced by oral administration of 4.0 mg/kg of CCI4 in corn oil (1:1) once to one experimental group of 5 ra...