Protective effect of Adhatoda vascia Nees against radiation-induced damage at cellular, biochemical and chromosomal levels in Swiss albino mice

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Kumar, Meenal ^a,c   Samarth, Ravindra ^a   Kumar, Madhu ^a   Selvan, Senthamil R ^b   Saharan, Begraj ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b Hoag Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid and alkaline phosphatases; Gamma radiation; GSH; LPO; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADHATODA VASCIA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHATODA; ADHATODA VASCIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IRRADIATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 52449115661     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel098     Document Type: Article

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