Potential of traditional food supplement, Soya bean as a novel anti cataract agent

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

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

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

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Glutathione; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80053455461     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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