Prevention of CCl 4 induced adrenal oxidative stress in rat by Sonchus asper

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3347-3350

  Khan, Rahmat Ali ^a   Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Sahreen, Sumaira ^a   Jan, Shumaila ^a   Bokhari, Jasia ^a   Rashid, Umbreen ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Antioxidant enzymes; Carbon tetrachloride; Glutathione reduced (GSH); Sonchus asper; Thiobarbituric acid (TBARS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER;

RATTUS; SONCHUS ARVENSIS; SONCHUS ASPER;

EID: 84860390271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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