Vitex negundo Modulates Selenite-Induced Opacification and Cataractogensis in Rat Pups

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 282-292

  Rooban, B N ^a   Sasikala, V ^a   Sahasranamam, V ^b   Abraham, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ionic balance; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Selenite cataract; Vitex negundo

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CALCIUM ION; CATALASE; METHANOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PUP (RODENT); RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CATALASE; CATARACT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VITEX;

RATTUS; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 78649318604     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8633-1     Document Type: Article

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