Amelioration of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity by extracts of Hemidesmus indicus and Acorus calamus

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Sandeep, Divysree ^a   Krishnan Nair, Cherupally Krishnan ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Hemidesmus indicus; Nephrotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Renal damage

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; CATALASE; CISPLATIN; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RENAL PROTECTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ACORUS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CISPLATIN; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; HEMIDESMUS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; UREMIA;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS;

EID: 77249137709     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903116048     Document Type: Article

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