Antioxidant potential of oral feeding of Cynodon dactylon extract on diabetes-induced oxidative stress

Journal of Food Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-92

  Rai, Prashant Kumar ^a   Jaiswal, Dolly ^a   Rai, Devendra K ^b   Sharma, Bechan ^b   Watal, Geeta ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNODON DACTYLON; RATTUS;

EID: 77449098092     PISSN: 01458884     EISSN: 17454514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2009.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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