Role of melatonin against oxidative tissue damage induced by Cleistanthus collinus in rat brain

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-474

  Jayanthi, M ^a   Raveendran, R ^a   Basu, Debdatta ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cleistanthus collinus; Melatonin; Morphological changes; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CLEISTANTHUS COLLINUS EXTRACT; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LD 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTOXICITY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, TOXIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 71449116728     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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