Antioxidant activities of Ptychopetalum olacoides ("muirapuama") in mice brain

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 763-769

  Siqueira, I R ^a   Fochesatto, C ^a   Torres, I L S ^a   da Silva, A L ^a   Nunes, D S ^b   Elisabetsky, E ^a   Netto, C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant activity; Brain; Marapuama; Muirapuama; Ptychopetalum olacoides

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BRAZIL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLACACEAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

MUS; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES;

EID: 35048847951     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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