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Research Article

Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Solanum xanthocarpum leaf extracts against CCl4-induced liver injury in rats

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Pages 1060-1068 | Received 14 May 2013, Accepted 17 Dec 2013, Published online: 19 Mar 2014

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