Antioxidant and immunomodulatory activity of the alkaloidal fraction of Cissampelos pareira Linn

Scientia Pharmaceutica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Bafna, Anand ^a   Mishra, Shrihari ^b  

^a DR D Y PATIL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaloidal fraction; Cissampelos pareira Linn; Humoral antibody titre; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ALKALOID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BERBERINE; CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA ALKALOID FRACTION; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMORAL ANTIBODY; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IRON; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CISSAMPELOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FRACTIONATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT;

EID: 77749234281     PISSN: 00368709     EISSN: 22180532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3797/scipharm.0904-16     Document Type: Article

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