Litsea deccanensis ameliorates myocardial infarction in wistar rats: Evidence from biochemical and histological studies

Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-296

  Bharath Kumar, P ^a   Mari Kannan, M ^a   Darlin Quine, S ^b  

^a Jayamukhi College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; infarct size; lipid metabolism; lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; LITSEA DECCANENSIS EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LITSEA; LITSEA DECCANENSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 82955225416     PISSN: 09751483     EISSN: 09751505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.90239     Document Type: Article

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