Antioxidant potential of momordica charantia in ammonium chloride-induced hyperammonemic rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thenmozhi, A Justin ^a   Subramanian, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; LIVER ENZYME; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80052719324     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep227     Document Type: Article

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