Aims: Liver fibrosis is a chronic disease of the liver. This disease is a stage of passage to liver cancer. The objective of this work was to evaluate the ability of the ethanolic extract of Acanthospermum hispidum to block the progression of hepatic fibrosis induced in rats usin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v36i130135
Aims: Liver diseases are a major public health concern in the world. About 120 million cases of infectious HBV (the half of the world cases) are registered in sub-Saharan Africa. Burkina Faso is a country with a high endemicity of viral hepatitis. These diseases cause serious dam...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2018/44474
Ernest Nogma Sombie, Adama Hilou, Noufou Ouedraogo, Jotham Yhi-Pênê N’do, Dramane Pare, Tata Kadiatou Traoré, Geoffroy G. Ouédraogo & André Tibiri·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2021
Background: Diethylnitrosamine (DEN) is a hepatotoxin whose metabolic activation by liver cytochromes P450 is responsible for the necrosis, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of liver cells. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of Calotropis procera root...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2021/v32i1130426
Kadiatou Tata Traoré, Nogma Ernest Sombie, Nouhoun Nignan, Gilchrist A. L. Boly, Leïla M. E. W. Kabré, Adjaratou Coulibaly, Constantin Boladé Atchadé, Salfo Ouédraogo, André Tibiri, Sylvin Ouédraogo & Noufou Ouedraogo·Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry·2023
Aims: Herbal remedies are known for their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activities of the aqueous extracts of the bark of the trunk of 10 medicinal plants used in traditional medicine for the management of hepa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2023/v13i3261