Effect of Bauhinia racemosa stem bark on N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-114

  Kumar, Ramanathan Sambath ^a   Sunderam, Rajagopal Shanmuga ^a   Sivakumar, Thangavel ^a   Sivakumar, Palanivel ^a   Sureshkumar, Raman ^a   Kanagasabi, Rengaswamy ^a   Vijaya, Manickum ^a   Perumal, Baskaran Perumal ^a   Gupta, Malaya ^b   Mazumdar, Upal Kanti ^b   Kumar, Mani Senthil ^b   Kumar, Kuppuswamy Asok ^c  

^a JKK Nataraja College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SRI RAMAKRISHNA INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bauhinia racemosa L; Hepatocarcino genesis; Lipid peroxidation; N nitrosodiethylamine; Serum enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARK; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BAUHINIA; BILIRUBIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33846781521     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004667     Document Type: Article

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