Evaluation of chemical constituents and free-radical scavenging activity of Swarnabhasma (gold ash), an ayurvedic drug

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 147-153

  Mitra, A ^a   Chakraborty, S ^d   Auddy, B ^d   Tripathi, P ^a   Sen, S ^b   Saha, A V ^c   Mukherjee, B ^d  

^a Institute of Post Graduate Ayurvedic Education and Research   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur   (India)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant activity; Chemical constituents; Swarnabhasma

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALUMINUM; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC DISULFIDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CATALASE; COBALT; COPPER; CREATININE; DISULFIDE; GOLD; IRON; LATEX; LEAD; LEAD OXIDE; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWARNABHASMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; ZINC;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASH; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BODY WEIGHT; CALOTROPIS; CATALASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GOLD; KIDNEY; LATEX; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0036237183     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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