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    Evaluation of protective effect of Butea monosperma (lam.) Taub in experimental hepatotoxicity in rats

    Arti Gupta1★, N. R. Sheth2, Sonia Pandey3, Jitendra S. Yadav3, D. R. Shah3, B. Vyas3, S. Joshi3★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Departments of Pharmacognosy, Maliba Pharmacy College, Gopal Vidhyanagar, Tarsadi, Bardoli, India.
    2. 2Pharmacognosy Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India.
    3. 3Pharmaceutics, Vidyabharati Trust College of Pharmacy, Umrakh, Gujrat, India.

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    Arti Gupta

    Departments of Pharmacognosy, Maliba Pharmacy College, Gopal Vidhyanagar, Tarsadi, Bardoli, India.

    aarti137@rediffmail.com

    Volume 3, Issue 2 · pp. 183–184 · PUBLISHED 2012 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.95523

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    ABSTRACT

    The liver is the second largest organ in the body, and is often seen as the most important one. Toxins, infectious agents, medications, and serum inflammatory mediators may result in a diverse range of disease processes, leading to loss of normal histological architecture, reduced cell mass, and loss of blood flow. Consequently, functional liver capacity may be lost. Efforts have been made to search for effective hepatoprotective agents. Therefore, the prevention of liver diseases has a great significance both in theory and in practice. Butea monosperma (lam.) Taub-(Fabiaceae) is a medium size deciduous tree, found throughout India and traditionally used for the treatment of hepatopathy, ulcers, tumors, and diabetes. B. monosperma has been scientifically investigated for anthelmintic, anticonvulsive, antidiarrheal, antifertility, antimicrobial and antistress activities. This study was performed to evaluate the hepatoprotective potential of ethanolic extract of B. monosperma in carbon tetrachloride(CCl4) intoxicated rats.

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      Gupta, A., Sheth, N. R., Pandey, S., Yadav, J. S., Shah, D. R., Vyas, B., & Joshi, S. (2012). Evaluation of protective effect of Butea monosperma (lam.) Taub in experimental hepatotoxicity in rats. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 3(2), 183–184. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.95523