Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) protects against selenite-induced oxidative stress in experimental cataractogenesis

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-268

  Gupta, Suresh K ^a   Kalaiselvan, Vivekananthan ^b   Srivastava, Sushma ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^c   Agrawal, Shyam S ^a  

^a DELHI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b KMCH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Catalase; Cataract; Glutathione; Malondialdehyde; Selenite; Superoxide dismutase; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DIOSGENIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENUCLEATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CATARACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGONELLA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMALIA; RATTUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 77955552800     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8540-5     Document Type: Article

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