In vitro and in vivo antioxidant properties and DNA damage protective activity of green fruit of Ficus glomerata

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 704-709

  Verma, Arti R ^a   Vijayakumar, M ^a   Rao, Chandana V ^a   Mathela, Chandra S ^b  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ficus glomerata; In vitro and in vivo antioxidant properties; Oxidative DNA damage; Phenolic content and HPLC

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; FICUS GLOMERATA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FICUS; FICUS GLOMERATA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; FICUS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

FICUS RACEMOSA; RATTUS;

EID: 74649086479     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.052     Document Type: Article

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