Therapeutic efficacy of Acorus calamus on acetaminophen induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative stress in male albino rats

Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Palani, S ^a   Raja, S ^b   Kumar, R Praveen ^a   Parameswaran, Parameswaran ^a   Kumar, B Senthil ^c  

^a Arunai College of Engineering   (India)

^b Bharat Institute of Technology   (India)

^c C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Acorus calamus; Nephrotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PARACETAMOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77954195962     PISSN: 13072080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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