Antioxidative and antiinflammatory activities of the chloroform extract of Ganoderma Lucidum found in South India

Scientia Pharmaceutica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-121

  Joseph, Soniamol ^a   Sabulal, Baby ^a   George, Varughese ^a,c   Smina, Thozhuthumparambal P ^a   Janardhanan, Kainoor K ^b  

^a Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

^b AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Antioxidative activity; Chloroform extract; Ganoderma lucidum; Medicinal mushrooms

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; INDIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 63149143247     PISSN: 00368709     EISSN: 22180532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3797/scipharm.0808-17     Document Type: Article

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