Protective effect of Corchorus olitorius leaves against arsenic-induced oxidative stress in rat brain

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Das, Anup K ^a   Dewanjee, Saikat ^b   Sahu, Ranabir ^b   Dua, Tarun K ^b   Gangopadhyay, Moumita ^c   Sinha, Mohit K ^d  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Division of Crop Improvement   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic toxicity; Corchorus olitorius; NaAsO2; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; CATALASE; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORCHORUS; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CORCHORUS OLITORIUS; RATTUS;

EID: 72149117376     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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