Antioxidant defense system induced by a methanol extract of Caesalpinia bonducella in rat liver

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 411-419

  Gupta, M ^a   Mazumder, U K ^a   Kumar, R Sambath ^a   Sivakumar, Thangavel ^a   Gomathi, P ^a   Rajeshwar, Y ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Caesalpinia bonducella; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Lipid peroxidation; N nitrosodiethylamine; Serum enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CAESALPINIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA;

EID: 24744451939     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590963439     Document Type: Article

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