Antiulcerogenic activity of hydroalcoholic extract of Achillea millefolium L.: Involvement of the antioxidant system

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Potrich, Francine Bittencourt ^a   Allemand, Alexandra ^a   da Silva, Luísa Mota ^a   dos Santos, Ana Cristina ^a   Baggio, Cristiane Hatsuko ^a   Freitas, Cristina Setim ^a   Mendes, Daniel Augusto Gasparin Bueno ^a   Andre, Eunice ^b   de Paula Werner, Maria Fernanda ^a   Marques, Maria Consuelo Andrade ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Achillea millefolium; Antioxidants enzymes; Asteraceae; Ethanol; Gastric ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLINE; GLUTATHIONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OMEPRAZOLE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIULCER AGENT; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACHILLEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGENERATION; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH ULCER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77953809576     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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