Antifbrotic effects of green tea on in vitro and in vivomodels of liver fibrosis
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. in World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 15 (41), 5200-5205
- https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.5200
Abstract
AIM: To examine the protective effect of green tea extract (GT) on hepatic fibrosis in vitro and in vivo in dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced rats.Keywords
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