Protection of swimming-induced oxidative stress in some vital organs by the treatment of composite extract of Withania somnifera, Ocimum sanctum and Zingiber officinalis in male rat

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-543

  Misra, Debanka Sekhar ^a,b   Maiti, Rajkumar ^a   Ghosh, Debidas ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ramananda College   (India)

Author keywords

Brain tissues; Metabolic organs; Oxidative stress; Phytotherapy; Swimming; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GINGER EXTRACT; METHANOL; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FEEDING; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GINGER; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAT; RHIZOME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; OCIMUM; PLANT STEM; WISTAR RAT; WITHANIA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OCIMUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWIMMING; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRANSAMINASES; VITAMIN E; WITHANIA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 70349438815     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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