Pharmacological basis for use of Pistacia integerrima leaves in hyperuricemia and gout

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-482

  Ahmad, Naseem Saud ^a   Farman, Muhammad ^b   Najmi, Muzammil Hasan ^a   Mian, Kouser Bashir ^a   Hasan, Aurangzeb ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; DPPH; Flavonoids; Pistacia integerrima; Uric acid; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALLOPURINOL; APIGENIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTANOL; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 O (4'' O GALLOYL) ALPHA LEVO ARABINOPYRANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 O (6'' O SYRINGYL) BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; QUERCETIN 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; RUTOSIDE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GOUT; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PISTACHIO; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA; PLANT LEAF;

1-BUTANOL; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PICRATES; PISTACIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS; MUS; PISTACIA INTEGERRIMA;

EID: 42749089756     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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