Oral supplementation of Majun Baladar ameliorates antioxidant enzyme activities in cerebral ischaemic damage

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 246-253

  Yousuf, Seema ^b   Atif, Fahim ^b   Hoda, Nasrul ^a   Ahmad, Muzamil ^a   Saleem, Sofiyan ^a   Ishrat, Tauheed ^a   Khan, M Badruzzaman ^a   Ahmad, Abdullah Shafique ^a   Islam, Fakhrul ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MAJUN BALADAR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 36649014532     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2007.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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