Antioxidant activity of Terminalia arjuna bark extract on N-nitrosodiethylamine induced hepatocellular carcinoma in rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 87-93

  Sivalokanathan, Sarveswaran ^a   Ilayaraja, Muthaiyan ^a   Balasubramanian, Maruthaiveeran Periyasamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Free radicals; Liver cancer; N nitrosodiethylamine; Terminalia arjuna

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; FERROUS SULFATE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERMINALIA;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 29944446696     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-0433-8     Document Type: Article

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