Evaluation of cardioprotective activity of Ginkgo biloba and Ocimum sanctum in rodents

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-171

  Panda, Vandana S ^a   Naik, Suresh R ^b  

^a PRIN K M KUNDNANI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b Sinhgad Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; GINGKOSELECT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID PHOSPHOLIPID COMPLEX; ISOPRENALINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GINKGO BILOBA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GINKGO BILOBA; ISOPROTERENOL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; OCIMUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 67650983228     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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