Anti-ulceral and anti-oxidative properties of "earthworm paste" of Lampito mauritii (Kinberg) on Rattus Norvegicus

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Prakash, M ^b   Balamurugan, M ^b   Parthasarathi, K ^b   Gunasekaran, G ^b   Cooper, E L ^a   Ranganathan, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Anti ulcer; Earthworm paste; Polyphenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LAMPITO MAURITII PASTE; RANITIDINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYLORUS LIGATION; RAT; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; STOMACH SECRETION; STOMACH ULCER; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPIRIN; CATALASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GASTRIC JUICE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; RANITIDINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TISSUE EXTRACTS; ULCER;

EID: 33947622079     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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