Radioprotective effects of Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa (Bael): A concise review

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1109-1116

  Baliga, Manjeshwar Shrinath ^a   Bhat, Harshith P ^b   Pereira, Manisha Maria ^a   Mathias, Nishan ^a   Venkatesh, Ponemone ^c  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; CATALASE; EUGENOL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIOPRONIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRUIT; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LD 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED GASTROINTESTINAL DAMAGE; RADIATION INDUCED HEMATOPOIETIC SYNDROME; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SICKNESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AEGLE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77958482610     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0604     Document Type: Article

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