Podophyllum hexandrum offers radioprotection by modulating free radical flux: Role of aryl-tetralin lignans

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-511

  Chawla, Raman ^a   Arora, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Shikha ^a   Sagar, R K ^a   Sharma, Rakesh Kumar ^a,b   Kumar, R ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Tripathi, R P ^a   Puri, S C ^c   Khan, H A ^d   Shawl, A S ^c   Sultan, P ^c   Krishan, Tej ^c   Qazi, G N ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b Defence R D Organization   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^d HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Aryl tetralin lignans; Biological radioprotection; Hydroxyl ion podophyllotoxin glucopyranoside

Indexed keywords

4 NORDEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; 4 NORPODOPHYLLOTOXIN GLYCOSIDE; CHLOROFORM; DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; ISOPICROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; PEROXY RADICAL; PICROPODOPHYLLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN DERIVATIVE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM EXTRACT; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

EID: 33845468826     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel037     Document Type: Article

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