Antioxidant and antiulcerogenic activities of Opuntia ficus indica f. inermis root extract in rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1120-1126

  Alimi, Hichem ^a,b   Hfaiedh, Najla ^a   Bouoni, Zouhour ^a   Hfaiedh, Mbarka ^a   Sakly, Mohsen ^b   Zourgui, Lazhar ^a   Rhouma, Khémais Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GAFSA   (Tunisia)

^b Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Gastro protective; Opuntia ficus indica f. inermis; Phenolic content; Reducing power

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RANITIDINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OPUNTIA; PEROXIDASE; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANITIDINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER;

OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; RATTUS;

EID: 78149409304     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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