Chemomodulatory effects of Azadirachta indica on the hepatic status of skin tumor bearing mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-177

  Koul, Ashwani ^a   Ghara, Abdollah Ramzani ^a   Gangar, Subhash Chander ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense enzymes; Azadirachta indica; Biotransformation; Hepatic tissue injury; Oxidative stress; Skin tumors

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SKIN TUMOR;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; ENZYMES; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 33645473357     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1782     Document Type: Article

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