Oxidative DNA damage preventive activity and antioxidant potential of plants used in Unani system of medicine

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kalim, Mehar D ^a   Bhattacharyya, Dipto ^a   Banerjee, Anindita ^a   Chattopadhyay, Sharmila ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ABIES PINDROW EXTRACT; ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPHODELUS TENUIFOLIUS EXTRACT; CLEOME ICOSANDRA EXTRACT; CYPERUS SCARIOSUS EXTRACT; DOXORUBICIN; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GARDENIA GUMMIFERA EXTRACT; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; ORCHIS MASCULA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; ROSA DAMASCENA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIANA WALLICHII EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; CELL STRAIN U937; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DNA DAMAGE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, UNANI; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; U937 CELLS;

EID: 78650128289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-77     Document Type: Article

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