Antioxidants as effective remedies at hepatotoxic action of carbon tetrachloride

Mechanism of action of carbon tetrachloride on liver cells.

Are Homeopathic Remedies Effective?

Having considered the limitations and the challenges of homeopathic treatments one would wonder if this modality is just another manifestation of the placebo response. Thus, subjecting homeopathic remedies to the same rigors of testing as those of pharmaceuticals through placebo-controlled clinical trials (RCT) would imply testing a placebo form against another. The responses observed from home...

Carbon Tetrachloride in Helminthiasis

In the Journal of the American Mcdical Association of November 19th, 1921, there appeared a note by Maurice C. Hall on the use of Carbon tetrachloride for the removal of hookworms in animals. Dr. Hall is the senior zoologist, United States Bureau of Animal Industry, and he found this drug to be a powerful anthelmintic in dogs* and suggested its trial in human uncinariasis. Carbon tetrachloride ...

The hepatotoxic action of allyl formate.

The hepatotoxic action of allyl formate on rat liver has been investigated. Biochemical changes can be detected in the liver cell many hours before the histological changes and it would appear that the toxin has a direct action on the liver parenchymal cell. The results suggest that allyl formate is not the toxic agent but that it is converted via allyl alcohol into acrolein. This reaction requ...

Carbon tetrachloride poisoning as a hazard of wig cleaning.