Antioxidant activity of Thespesia populnea bark extracts against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 227-230

  Ilavarasan, Raju ^a   Vasudevan, Mani ^a   Anbazhagan, Sockalingam ^a   Venkataraman, Subramanian ^b  

^a C L BAID METHA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carbon tetrachloride; Marker enzymes in liver; Thespesia populnea

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THESPESIA POPULNEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; THESPESIA POPULNEA;

THESPESIA POPULNEA;

EID: 0038690456     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00147-8     Document Type: Article

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