Cardioprotective activity of standardized extract of Ficus racemosa stem bark against doxorubicin-induced toxicity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-473

  Ahmed, Faiyaz ^a   Urooj, Asna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; CK MB; LDH; Transaminases; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BERGAPTEN; BERGENIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOXORUBICIN; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FICUS RACEMOSA; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART PROTECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETONE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; FICUS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HEART DISEASES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TROPONIN I;

FICUS RACEMOSA; MORACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84858193763     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.613848     Document Type: Article

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