Hibiscus sabdariffa affects ammonium chloride-induced hyperammonemic rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Essa, M Mohamed ^a   Subramanian, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Antioxidants; Creatinine; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Hyperammonemia; Lipid peroxidation; Urea; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BRAIN ENZYME; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HYDROPEROXIDE; NONPROTEIN NITROGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA; URIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HIBISCUS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 39749152590     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel087     Document Type: Article

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