Anti-hepatocarcinogenic Ayurvedic herbal remedy reduces the extent of diethylnitrosamine-induced oxidative stress in rats

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Galhena, Prasanna ^a   Thabrew, Ira ^a   Tammitiyagodage, Mayuri G ^b   Hanna Rachel, Vasanthi A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diethylnitrosamine; Hemidesmus indicus; Nigella sativa; Phase II enzymes; Smilax glabra

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; CARCINOGEN; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; SMILAX GLABRA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RAT; RHIZOME; SARSAPARILLA; SMILAX GLABRA; WISTAR RAT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLACK CUMIN; DRUG MIXTURE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; LIVER CANCER;

EID: 74049089349     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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