Studies of anti-inflammatory effects of Rooibos tea in rats

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 700-704

  Baba, Haruna ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshikazu ^a   Haruna, Hidenori ^a   Lee, Tsubasa ^a   Nagata, Satoru ^a   Maeda, Masato ^a   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

8 hydroxy 2 deoxyguanosine; Colitis; Dextran sodium sulfate; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CHOLESTEROL; DEXTRAN SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROOIBOS TEA; TEA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPALATHUS; BEVERAGES; COLITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 70349606908     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02835.x     Document Type: Article

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