Assessment of the in-vivo and in-vitro antioxidant potential of strychnos potatorum linn. seeds in freund's adjuvant induced arthritic rats

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4780-4787

  Ekambaram, Sanmuga Priya ^a   Perumal, Senthamil Selvan ^a   Subramanian, Venkataraman ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CL Baid Mehta Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Enzymic and non enzymic antioxidants; Free radical scavenging; Lipid peroxidation; Strychnos potatorum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; STEROID; STRYCHNOS POTATORUM EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; RAT; STRYCHNOS; STRYCHNOS POTATORUM;

RATTUS; STRYCHNOS POTATORUM;

EID: 81555215161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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