Uncaria tomentosa extracts protect human erythrocyte catalase against damage induced by 2,4-D-Na and its metabolites

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2123-2127

  Bukowska, Bozena ^a,b   Bors, Milena ^a,b   Gulewicz, Krzysztof ^a,b   Koter Michalak, Maria ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental Pollution Biophysics ^*  (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenol; Catalase; Catechol; Human erythrocyte; Plant extract; Sodium salt of 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CATALASE; CATECHOL; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; SODIUM; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BARK; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; METABOLITE; PLANT LEAF;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAT'S CLAW; CATALASE; CATECHOLS; CHLOROPHENOLS; ERYTHROCYTES; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 84860223886     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.02.099     Document Type: Article

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