Free Radicals Mediated Membrane Damage by the Saponins Acaciaside A and Acaciaside B

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Nandi, Bidyut ^a   Roy, Sakuntala ^a   Bhattacharya, Shelley ^a   Sinha Babu, Santi Prasad ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acaciaside A and B; Free radicals; Lipid peroxidation; Membrane damage; Saponins

Indexed keywords

ACASIASIDE A; ACASIASIDE B; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOUREA; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REVIEW;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; FILARICIDES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS;

EID: 2342521331     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1387     Document Type: Review

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