Hepatoprotective action of various partitions of methanol extract of Bauhinia purpurea leaves against paracetamol-induced liver toxicity: involvement of the antioxidant mechanisms

• Main Authors: Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Yahya, Farhana, Mamat, Siti Syariah, Mahmood, Nur Diyana, Mohtaruddin, Norhafizah, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Abdul Hamid, Siti Selina, Teh, Lay Kek, Salleh, Mohd Zaki
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/51021/1/BMC_Zainul_Bauhinia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/51021/4/51021_Hepatoprotective%20action_wos_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/51021/9/51021_Hepatoprotective%20action%20of%20various%20partitions_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/51021/; https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-016-1110-4

Background Methanol extract of Bauhinia purpurea L. (family Fabaceae) (MEBP) possesses high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and recently reported to exert hepatoprotection against paracetamol (PCM)-induced liver injury in rats. In an attempt to identify the hepatoprotective bioactive c...