Ocimum sanctum modulates selenite-induced cataractogenic changes and prevents rat lens opacification

Current Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 583-591

  Gupta, Suresh K ^a,b   Srivastava, Sushma ^a   Trivedi, Deepa ^a   Joshi, Sujata ^a   Halder, Nabanita ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DELHI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cataract; Ocimum sanctum; Oxidative stress; Selenite

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LENS PROTEIN; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LENS NUCLEUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SOLUBILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATALASE; CATARACT; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; OCIMUM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 23444455776     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680590968132     Document Type: Article

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