Effects of water extract of 1:1 mixture of Phellodendron cortex and Aralia cortex on polyol pathway and oxidative damage in lenses of diabetic rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 555-560

  Lee, Young Mi ^a   Kim, Harriet ^a   Choi, Hee Sook ^b   Kang, Bu Hyun ^e   Han, Young Bok ^c   Kim, Sung Jin ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Taelim Pharmaceutical Company   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aralia cortex; Cataract; Lens; Oxidative damage; Phellodendron cortex; Polyol pathway

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SORBITOL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIMALS; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA; ARALIA; PHELLODENDRON; PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE;

EID: 0032737087     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199911)13:7<555::AID-PTR442>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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