Effect of extract of Benincasa hispida on oxidative stress in rats with indomethacin induced gastric ulcers

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-182

  Shetty, Beena V ^a   Arjuman, Albina ^a   Jorapur, Aparna ^a   Samanth, Rajashree ^a   Yadav, Sudhir Kumar ^a   Valliammai, N ^a   Tharian, Anna Deepthy ^a   Sudha, K ^a   Rao, Gayathri M ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Benincasa hispida; MDA; SOD; Ulcer; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BENINCASA HISPIDA EXTRACT; FLAVANOID; FLAVANOID C; GUM ARABIC; HEMOGLOBIN; INDOMETACIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BENINCASA HISPIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FRUIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; STOMACH MUCOSA INJURY; STOMACH ULCER; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; ULCER HEALING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CUCURBITACEAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 50449110755     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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