Effect of Piper betle Leaf Extract on Alcoholic Toxicity in the Rat Brain

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-265

  Saravanan, R ^a   Prasad, N Rajendra ^a   Pugalendi, K V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Brain; Ethanol; Lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Piper betle

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETEL EXTRACT; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPER BETLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; PIPER BETEL; PIPER BETLE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0344845206     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10966200360716689     Document Type: Article

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