Effect of aqueous extract of the Desmodium gangeticum DC root in the severity of myocardial infarction

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 457-461

  Kurian, Gino A ^a   Philip, Sachu ^b   Varghese, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Desmodium gangeticum; Isoproterenol; Lipids; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEGUME; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14644430921     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.11.028     Document Type: Article

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