Neuroprotection offered by Majun Khadar, a traditional Unani medicine, during cerebral ischemic damage in rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Islam, Fakhrul ^a   Yousuf, Seema ^a   Atif, Fahim ^b   Ahmad, Muzamil ^a   Ishrat, Tauheed ^a   Khan, Badruzzaman ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MAJUN KHADAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052663735     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep224     Document Type: Article

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