Effect of berberine on the antioxidant status, ultrastructural modifications and protein bound carbohydrates in azoxymethane-induced colon cancer in rats

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-195

  Thirupurasundari, Chandragiri Janakiraman ^a   Padmini, Ramakrishnan ^a   Devaraj, Sivasithambaram Niranjali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant enzymes; Azoxymethane (AOM); Berberine; Lipid peroxidation; Protein bound carbohydrates; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; AZOXYMETHANE; BERBERINE; CATALASE; FUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXOSAMINE; HEXOSE; SIALIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GOBLET CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AZOXYMETHANE; BERBERINE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARCINOGENS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 58349112982     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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