Evaluation of anticataract potential of Triphala in selenite-induced cataract: In vitro and in vivo studies

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Gupta, Suresh Kumar ^a   Kalaiselvan, V ^a   Srivastava, Sushma ^a   Agrawal, Shyam S ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^b  

^a DELHI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anticataract; antioxidant; glutathione; malondialdehyde; selenite; superoxide dismutase; triphala

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIPHALA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICATARACT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLIT LAMP; TERMINALIA BELERICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TRIPHALA;

EID: 79952982200     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.74425     Document Type: Article

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