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JIMENEZ MARTINEZ, María del Carmen et al. Effect of Noni C on the carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic damage in rats. Rev Cubana Plant Med [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.1, pp.92-99. ISSN 1028-4796.

Introduction: liver diseases are a serious health problem. The study of natural agents that can reduce the chemical substance-induced hepatic damage has aroused a particular interest. Objective: to evaluate the effect of Noni C on the carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic damage in an experimental model developed in male Wistar rats. Methods: An experimental study was conducted in which the positive control was carbon tetrachloride at a dose of 0.3 mL/kg of weight, intraperitoneally administered for 3 days, and the negative control was saline solution. Four doses of Noni C(85, 130, 170 and 215 mg/kg of weight) were administered for 6 days, after treatment with the carbon tetrachloride. glutamic piruvic and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase levels were determined, as well as hepatic lesions such as cell tumors, reactive hepatitis, steatosis and necrosis. Results: glutamic piruvic and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminases levels significantly decreased at doses of 85 and 170 mg/kg of Noni C, and no necrosis or steatosis was observed in the groups treated with 170 and 215 mg/kg doses. Conclusions: the carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic damage diminished in the groups treated with Noni C.

Palabras clave : Noni; glutamic piruvic transaminase; glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; rat; carbon tetrachloride; hepatic damage; experimental model.

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