Exploring the effect of Cytisus scoparius on markers of oxidative stress in rats

Iranian Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Raja, Sundaran ^a   Ahamed, Haja Nazeer ^a   Kumar, Venkatesan ^a   Mukherjee, Kakali ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arun ^b   Mukherjee, Pulok Kumar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cytisus scoparius; Free radical scavenging; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATALASE; CHLOROFORM; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS EXTRACT; FERRIC ION; GLUTATHIONE; MARKER; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; HEART; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIAN; KIDNEY; LEGUME; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 44249122366     PISSN: 17352657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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