Antitumoral and antioxidant effects of a hydroalcoholic extract of cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa) (Willd. Ex Roem. & Schult) in an in vivo carcinosarcoma model

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-133

  Dreifuss, Arturo Alejandro ^a   Bastos Pereira, Amanda Leite ^b   Ávila, Thiago Vinicius ^b   Soley, Bruna da Silva ^b   Rivero, Armando J ^c   Aguilar, José Luis ^a   Acco, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cat's claw; Oxidative stress; ROS; Tumor; Uncaria tomentosa; Urea; Walker 256

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UREA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TUMOR VOLUME; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOMA 256, WALKER; CAT'S CLAW; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 77953812740     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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