Protective effect of ethanolic and water extracts of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) against the toxic effects of mustard gas

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 821-831

  Vijayaraghavan, R ^a   Gautam, Anshoo ^a   Kumar, Om ^a   Pant, S C ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^a   Singh, Seema ^a   Kumar, H T Satish ^a   Singh, Anand Kumar ^a   Nivsarkar, Manisha ^a   Kaushik, M P ^a   Sawhney, R C ^b   Chaurasia, O P ^c   Prasad, G B K S ^d  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c Ministry of Defence   (India)

^d JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Hippophae rhamnoides; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative stress; Sulphur mustard

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; MUSTARD GAS; PLANT EXTRACT; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLAVONES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HIPPOPHAE; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MUSTARD GAS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN; SPLEEN; WATER;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 33750028267     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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