| evaluation of hepatoprotective activity of legumes. | mung bean, adzuki bean, black bean and rice bean are foods and folk medicines of taiwan. we evaluated the effects of various water extract concentrations (100, 500 and 1000 mg/kg body wt.) and silymarin (25 mg/kg body wt. on acetaminophen-induced liver injury by measuring serum glutamate-oxalate-transaminase (sgot) and serum glutamate-pyruvate-transaminase (sgpt) activities in rats. the results showed that the sgot and the sgpt activities, increased by apap, were decreased significantly (p < 0.0 ... | 2001 | 11417915 |