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Immunopetentiators and the protection they give against carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity

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Immunopotentiators such as BCG, levamisole, PS-K and OK-432 prevent carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) hepatotoxicity, and in spite of exposure to CCl4 the liver tissue levels of thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reactive substances were not increased in rats pretreated with such immunopotentiators.

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamikyo-ku, 602, Kyoto, Japan

    T. Yoshikawa, Y. Furukawa, Y. Wakamatsu & M. Kondo

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Yoshikawa, T., Furukawa, Y., Wakamatsu, Y. et al. Immunopetentiators and the protection they give against carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity. Experientia 38, 501–502 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952661

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