In vitro and in vivo antioxidant effects of the ethanolic extract of Swertia chirayita

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-315

  Chen, Yue ^a   Huang, Bo ^a   He, Jingsheng ^a   Han, Li ^a   Zhan, Yichao ^a   Wang, Youwei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carbon tetrachloride; In vitro; In vivo; Radical scavenging; Swertia chirayita

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SWERTIA; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA; TIBETAN MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SWERTIA; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SWERTIA;

EID: 79958027629     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.058     Document Type: Article

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