Antioxidant and protective effects of Amrit Nectar tablets on adriamycin- and cisplatin-induced toxicities

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Dwivedi, Chandradhar ^a   Agrawal, Puja ^a   Natarajan, Karthika ^a   Sharma, Hari ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMRIT NECTAR; ANTIOXIDANT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PYCNOGENOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CISPLATIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXORUBICIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 14744276677     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.143     Document Type: Article

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