Exploring the effect of Asclepias curassavica on markers of oxidative stress in rats

Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Raja, Sundararajan ^a   Ahamed, Haja Nazeer ^a   Kumar, Venkatesan ^a   Mukherjee, Kakali ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arun ^b   Mukherjee, Pulok Kumar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA EXTRACT; CATALASE; CELL MARKER; CHLOROFORM; GLUTATHIONE; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HEART; IC 50; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; RAT; STANDARD;

EID: 31144448187     PISSN: 11762330     EISSN: 11762330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/01197065-200502020-00004     Document Type: Article

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