Impact of ursolic acid on chronic ethanol-induced oxidative stress in the rat heart

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Saravanan, Rajendrasozhan ^a   Pugalendi, Viswanathan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ethanol; Heart; Oxidative stress; Triterpenoid; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; URSOLIC ACID;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33646183066     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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