Alleviation of lead poisoning in the brain with aqueous leaf extract of the Thunbergia laurifolia (Linn.)

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Tangpong, Jitbanjong ^a   Satarug, Soisungwan ^b,c  

^a WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Memory loss; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Thunbergia laurifolia Linn. (TL); Water maze

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEAD POISONING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUNBERGIA LAURIFOLIA; TOXICOKINETICS;

MUS; THUNBERGIA LAURIFOLIA;

EID: 77955579780     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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