Protective effects of digera muricata (L.) mart. against carbon tetrachloride induced oxidative stress in thyroid of rat

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 76, 2011, Pages 17564-17570

  Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Memon, Azra ^a   Khan, Gul Nabi ^a   Shabbir, Maria ^a   Saeed, Naima ^a   Shah, Naseer Ali ^a   Bokhari, Jasia ^a   Rashid, Umbreen ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region; Carbon tetrachloride; Digera muricata; Lipid peroxidation (TBARS); Peroxidase; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; DIGERA MURICATA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; METHANOL; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGERA MURICATA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEED;

EID: 82755182283     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.691     Document Type: Article

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