Pongamia pinnata modulates the oxidant-antioxidant imbalance in ammonium chloride-induced hyperammonemic rats

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-303

  Mohamed Essa, M ^a   Subramanian, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant profile; Hyperammonemia; Lipid peroxidation; Pongamia pinnata

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PONGAMIA PINNATA EXTRACT; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; HEMOLYSATE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LEGUME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLASMA; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MILLETTIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33646515070     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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