Comparing an In vitro Electrochemical Measurement of Superoxide Scavenging Activity with an In vivo Assessment of Antioxidant Potential in Chinese Tonifying Herbs

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Beissenhirtz, Moritz K ^a   Kwan, Roger C H ^b   Ko, K M ^b   Renneberg, Reinhard ^b   Scheller, F W ^a   Lisdat, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Biosensor; Carbon tetrachloride; Cytochrome c; Herbs; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANGELICA ROOT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CODONOPSIS EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME C; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HERBA EPIMEDII EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; RADIX ASPARAGI EXTRACT; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; RADIX POLYGONI EXTRACT; RADIX REHMANNIAE EXTRACT; RAMULUS VISCI EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SEMEN SESAMI EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GINSENG; HERBA EPIMEDII; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIX ASPARAGI; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RADIX CODONOPSIS; RADIX POLYGONI; RAMULUS VISCI; REHMANNIA ROOT; SEMEN SESAMI;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 1642373940     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1408     Document Type: Article

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