Effects of Melothria maderaspatana leaf extract on antioxidant status in sham-operated and uninephrectomized DOCA-salt hypertensive rats

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Veeramani, Chinnadurai ^a   Aristatile, Balakrishnan ^b   Pushpavalli, Ganesan ^a   Pugalendi, Kodukkur Viswanathan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DOCA salt; Hypertension; Melothria maderaspatana; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

MELOTHRIA MADERASPATANA; RATTUS;

EID: 78649804199     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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