Effect of lupeol, a pentacyclic triterpene from Crataeva nurvala, on nephrotoxicity induced by cadmium in rats

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 535-540

  Sunitha, S ^a   Nagaraj, M ^a   Varalakshmi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Crataeva nurvala; Kidney; Lupeol; Nephrotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUPEOL; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; TRITERPENE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MEMBRANE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CRATAEVA; CRATAEVA NURVALA;

EID: 0032847609     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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