Antiulcer and antioxidant activity of Asparagus racemosus WILLD and Withania somnifera DUNAL in rats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1056, Issue , 2005, Pages 261-278

  Bhatnagar, Maheep ^a   Sisodia, Siddhraj S ^b   Bhatnagar, Rekha ^c  

^a M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BN College of Pharmacy   (India)

^c RNT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Asparagus racemosus; Cytoprotection; Gastric ulcer; Mucosal defense; Ulcer protection; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; INDOMETACIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTEIN; RANITIDINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CELL PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; STOMACH PH; STOMACH SECRETION; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS ULCER; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANIMALIA; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 29744467876     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1352.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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