Cytoprotective and immunomodulatory properties of Geriforte, a herbomineral preparation, in lymphocytes

Phytomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 438-444

  Bansal, A ^a   Sairam, M ^a   Prasad, D ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Ilavazhagan, G ^a   Kumar, D ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cytoprotection; Geriforte; Herbomineral preparation; Immunomodulation; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CONCANAVALIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FREE RADICAL; GERIFORTE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HERB; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035686234     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0944-7113(04)70062-8     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Mechanism of protection by the flavonoids, quercetin and rutin against tert-butylhydroperoxide and menadione-induced DNA single strand breaks in caco-2 cells
2. Tert-butylhydroperoxide mediated DNA base damage in cultured mammalian cells
3. In the neuronal cell line SH-SY5Y, oxidative stress-induced free radical overproduction causes cell death without any participation of intracellular Ca(2+) increase
4. Elaboration of cellular DNA breaks by hydroperoxides
5. Effect of Geriforte in vivo and in vitro on age related enzyme changes in liver and brain of rats
6. A rapid non-radioactive fluorescence assay for the measurement of both cell number and proliferation
7. Assay of nanogram quantities of DNA in cellular homogenates
8. Microtubule dynamics and glutathione metabolism in phagocytizing human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
9. Detection of picomole levels of hydroperoxides using fluorescent dichlorofluorescein assay
10. Plasma malonaldehyde levels during myocardial infarction
11. Antioxidative properties of natural coelenterazine and synthetic methyl coelenterazine in rat hepatocytes subjected to tert-butyl hydroperoxide induced oxidative stress
12. Morphological and biochemical assays of apoptosis
13. Experimental evaluation of a composite Indian herbal preparation II (CIHP) as an adaptogen and its mechanism of action
14. Simplified mammalian DNA isolation procedure
15. Oxidative DNA damage by tert-butylhydroperoxide causes DNA single strand breaks which is not linked to cell lysis. A mechanistic study in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes
16. Protein S-thiolation can mediate the inhibition of protein synthesis induced by tert-butyl hydroperoxide in isolated rat hepatocytes
17. Antioxidants and immune response in aged persons: Overview of present evidence
18. Effect of beta-carotene and canthaxanthin on tert-butyl hydroperoxide induced lipid peroxidation in murine normal and tumor thymocytes
19. Geriforte stimulates antioxidant defense system
20. Free radicals in health disease
21. Immunomodulatory properties of NIM-76, a volatile fraction from neem oil
22. Review on some plants of Indian traditional medicine with antioxidant activity
23. Quercetin prevents DNA single strand breakage and cytotoxicity caused by tert-butylhydroperoxide: Free radical scavenging versus iron chelating mechanism
24. Evaluation of Geriforte, a herbal geriatric tonic, on antioxidant defense system in Wistar rats
25. Immune function assays as indicators of chromate exposures
26. Astrocyte cultures from transgenic mice to study the role of metallothionein in cytotoxicity of tert-butyl hydroperoxide
27. Role of an indigenous drug geriforte on blood levels of biogenic amines and its significance in the treatment of anxiety neurosis
28. Glucocorticoid - Induced thymocyte apoptosis is associated with endogenous endonuclease activation