Protective efficacy of semi purified fraction of high altitude Podophyllum hexandrum rhizomes in lethally irradiated Swiss albino mice

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 29-41

  Gupta, M L ^a   Tyagi, S ^a   Flora, S J S ^b   Agrawala, P K ^a   Choudhary, P ^a   Puri, S C ^c   Devi, M ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Haksar, A ^a   Qazi, G N ^c   Tripathi, R P ^a  

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

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Flavonoids; Free radicals; Herbal radioprotectors; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REC 2006; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA FRAGMENT; FLAVONOID; GALACTOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; QUERCETIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LD 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; RADIATION PROTECTION; RHIZOME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PODOPHYLLUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SINOPODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLAVONOIDS; GALACTOSE; GAMMA RAYS; INTESTINES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLUM; QUERCETIN; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RHIZOME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 34447253097     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T816     Document Type: Article

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