Effect of Calotropis procera latex on isoproterenol induced myocardial infarction in albino rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-330

  Mueen Ahmed, K K ^a,c   Rana, A C ^b   Dixit, V K ^b  

^a Government College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Dept of Pharmacognosy ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Calotropis procera; Cardioprotective; Isoproterenol; Marker enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUTATHIONE; ISOPRENALINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LATEX; LIPID PEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALIA; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 2442638714     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944711041495146     Document Type: Article

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