Viper and cobra venom neutralization by β-sitosterol and stigmasterol isolated from the root extract of Pluchea indica Less. (Asteraceae)

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 637-643

  Gomes, A ^a   Saha, Archita ^a   Chatterjee, Ipshita ^a   Chakravarty, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Antisnake venom activity; Cobra venom; Pluchea indica; Stigmasterol; Viper venom

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SILICA GEL; SITOSTEROL; SNAKE VENOM; STIGMASTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BLEEDING; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOTOXICITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LD 50; LETHALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLUCHEA INDICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ASTERACEAE; COBRA VENOMS; MALE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SITOSTEROLS; STIGMASTEROL; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; MUS; PLUCHEA INDICA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 34547438186     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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