Protective effects of Andrographis paniculata against endothelial dysfunction in diabetic wistar rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-317

  Dandu, Anilkumar M ^a   Inamdar, Naseeruddin M ^a  

^a AL AMEEN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Andrographis; Antioxidant; Endothelium dependent relaxation; Oxidative stress; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETOGENESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 45849133095     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2008.311.317     Document Type: Article

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