Anti-oxidant effect of Withania somnifera glycowithanolides in chronic footshock stress-induced perturbations of oxidative free radical scavenging enzymes and lipid peroxidation in rat frontal cortex and striatum

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Bhattacharya, A ^a   Ghosal, S ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b  

^a Drug Research and Development Centre   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catalase; Chronic stress; Glutathione peroxidase; Glycowithanolides; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative free radicals; Rat brain; Superoxide dismutase; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SHOCK;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLANACEAE; STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0035200453     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00309-3     Document Type: Article

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