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Hepatoprotective effect of ethanolic extract of Curcuma longa on thioacetamide induced liver cirrhosis in rats

Salama SM 1 , Abdulla MA , AlRashdi AS , Ismail S , Alkiyumi SS , Golbabapour S

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  • 1 Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2013;13:56.
PMID: 23496995 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-56

Abstract

Hepatology research has focused on developing traditional therapies as pharmacological medicines to treat liver cirrhosis. Thus, this study evaluated mechanisms of the hepatoprotective activity of Curcuma longa rhizome ethanolic extract (CLRE) on thioacetamide-induced liver cirrhosis in rats.

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