Protective effect of chitosan from Sepia kobiensis (Hoyle 1885) cuttlebone against CCl4 induced hepatic injury.
RatChemical/toxinWistar
Model: Carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic injury with hepatic necrosis
Chitosan lowered aminotransferase activities, cholesterol, triglycerides, free fatty acids and malondialdehyde, raised superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and reduced glutathione, and reduced histological liver damage.
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