TY  - JOUR
AU  - Djerrou, Zouhir 
AU  - Maameri, Zineb 
AU  - Halmi, Sihem 
AU  - Djaalab, Hadria 
AU  - Riachi, Foulla 
AU  - Benmaiza, Loubna 
AU  - Hamdipacha, Youcef 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Hepatoprotective Effect of Opuntia Ficus-Indica Aqueous Extract against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Toxicity in Rats
JF  - OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.3844/ojbsci.2015.36.41
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2015.36.41
AB  - The present study was undertaken to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of Opuntia ficus-indicaL. aqueous extract. About 24 Wistar male rats were divided randomly to 4 groups of 6 each. The 1st was given distilled water and served as normal control (CRL). The 2nd was intoxicated orally with carbon tetrachloride at a dose of 1.5 mL/kg each 72 h (CCl4 group) for a period of 15 days. 2 other groups were intoxicated as CCl4 group and treated once daily by aqueous extract of Opuntiaficus-indica L. at doses of 2 mL/kg or 5 mL/kg respectively (OFI1 and OFI2 groups). The results showed a significant elevation of Aspartate Amino Transferase (AST) (ANOVA, p