Evaluation of antioxidant and fertility effects of Digera muricata in male rats

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 688-699

  Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Khan, Gul Nabi ^a   Ahmed, Dawood ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Digera muricata; Liver cirrhosis; Testosterone; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; DIGERA MURICATA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROLACTIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGERA MURICATA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOGONADISM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 79960215264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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