Protective effects of Terminalia arjuna against Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-129

  Singh, Gurvinder ^a   Singh, Anu T ^a   Abraham, Aji ^a   Bhat, Beena ^a   Mukherjee, Ashok ^a   Verma, Ritu ^a   Agarwal, Shiv K ^a   Jha, Shivesh ^b   Mukherjee, Rama ^a   Burman, Anand C ^a  

^a DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiotoxicity; Doxorubicin; Terminalia arjuna; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOXORUBICIN; GLUTATHIONE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEART DILATATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DOXORUBICIN; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HEART; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERMINALIA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 41249097424     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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