Protection against selenite cataract in rat lens by drevogenin D, a triterpenoid aglycone from Dregea volubilis

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-315

  Biju, P G ^a   Devi, V Gayathri ^b   Lija, Y ^a   Abraham, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b Regional Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Dregea volubilis; Drevogenin D; Oxidative stress; Selenite cataract

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CATALASE; DREGEA VOLUBILIS EXTRACT; DREVOGENIN D; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADICAL; SCAVENGER; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DREGEA VOLUBILIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE PROTECTION; LENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; CATALASE; CATARACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENES;

DREGEA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547095016     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.054     Document Type: Article

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