Protective role of Pongamia pinnata leaf extract on tissue antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in ammonium chloride-induced hyperammonemic rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 477-483

  Essa, M Mohamed ^a   Subramanian, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hyperammonemia; Lipid Peroxidation; Oxidative Stress; Pongamia pinnata

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKADIENE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PONGAMIA PINNATA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERAMMONEMIA; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

PONGAMIA PINNATA;

EID: 33750067374     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510600885067     Document Type: Article

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