Supplementation of Psidium guajava (Guava) fruit polysaccharide attenuates paracetamol-induced liver injury by enhancing the endogenous antioxidant activity

• Main Authors: Aspalilah Alias, Faizah Othman, Abdul Rashid Li, Aqilah Kamaruddin, Rafizul Yusof, Farida Hussan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9042/1/08_Aspalilah_Alias.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9042/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol44num8_2015/contentsVol44num8_2015.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

This study was aimed to determine the effect of polysaccharide from guava fruit on paracetamol (PCM)-induced liver injury. Aqueous extract of Psidium guajava fruit was treated with 95% ethanol to collect the water soluble polysaccharide precipitates. Thirty-eight male Sprague Dawley rats were divide...