Exposure to the fern Onychium contiguum causes increase in lipid peroxidation and alters antioxidant status in urinary bladder

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 302, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 476-479

  Sood, Shweta ^a   Dawra, R K ^b   Sharma, O P ^b   Kurade, N P ^b  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Catalase; Glutathione; Glutathione reductase; Lipid peroxidation; Onychium contiguum; Urinary bladder; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLEEDING; CARCINOGENICITY; CATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EXPOSURE; FERN; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOGENATE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; ONYCHIUM CONTIGUUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; FILICOPHYTA; ONYCHIUM;

EID: 0037436793     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00170-0     Document Type: Article

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