Withania somnifera provides cardioprotection and attenuates ischemia-reperfusion induced apoptosis

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 635-642

  Mohanty, Ipseeta Ray ^a   Arya, Dharamvir Singh ^a   Gupta, Suresh Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ischemia; Medicinal herbs; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTIN; CREATINE KINASE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; UPREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; WITHANIA;

EID: 49949094233     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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