Hepatoprotective properties of Penthorum chinense Pursh against carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in mice

• Main Authors: Meng Wang (Author), Xiao-Jiao Zhang (Author), Ruibing Feng (Author), Yun Jiang (Author), Da-Yong Zhang (Author), Chengwei He (Author), Peng Li (Author), Jian-Bo Wan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Penthorum chinense Pursh (Penthoraceae, PCP), a well-known Miao ethnomedicine, has been traditionally used to treat several liver-related diseases, such as jaundice and viral hepatitis. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the probable properties of the aqueous extract...