Antiulcer activity and subacute toxicity of trans-dehydrocrotonin from Croton cajucara

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 455-461

  Rodríguez, Jaime A ^a   Hiruma Lima, Clélia A ^b   Souza Brito, Alba R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiulcerogenic activity; Clerodane diterpene; Croton cajucara; Dehydrocrotonin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIULCER AGENT; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CIMETIDINE; CLERODANE DERIVATIVE; CROTON EXTRACT; DEHYDROCROTONIN; DITERPENE; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ILZATEC; LANSOPRAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON CAJUCARA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER WEIGHT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS; TIME; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TURBIDITY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CROTON; DITERPENES, CLERODANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH ULCER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; WEIGHT GAIN;

CROTON; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 4844231623     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327104ht473oa     Document Type: Article

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