Potentized homeopathic drug Arsenicum album 30C inhibits intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and up-regulates expression of arsenic resistance gene in arsenine-exposed bacteria Escherichia coli

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-227

  De, Arnab ^a   Das, Durba ^a   Dutta, Suman ^a   Chakraborty, Debrup ^a   Boujedaini, Naoual ^b   Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b Boiron Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate; Arsenicals; DNA damage; Escherichia coli; Homeopathy; Reactive oxygen species; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARSB PROTEIN; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENICUM ALBUM 30C; ARSENITE SODIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEXOKINASE; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; LIPID PEROXIDASE; PTSG PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; UPREGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOPATHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM;

ARSENICALS; ARSENITES; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOPATHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84857404824     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20120212     Document Type: Article

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