The Effect of an Aqueous Extract of Teucrium polium on Glutathione Homeostasis In Vitro: A Possible Mechanism of Its Hepatoprotectant Action
Background. Teucrium polium is used in Arab traditional medicine to treat liver diseases. Glutathione is an important intracellular antioxidant, and intrahepatic glutathione levels are depleted in liver diseases. Hypothesis and Aim. This investigation tested the hypothesis that aqueous extracts of...
Main Authors: | Stella Shtukmaster, Predrag Ljubuncic, Arieh Bomzon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2010-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Pharmacological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/938324 |
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