Studies on the molecular correlates of genomic stability in rat brain cells following Amalakirasayana therapy

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Swain, Umakanta ^a,c   Sindhu, Kiran Kumar ^a   Boda, Ushasri ^a   Pothani, Suresh ^b   Giridharan, Nappan V ^b   Raghunath, Manchala ^b   Rao, Kalluri Subba ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^c University Grant Commission New Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Amalakirasayana; Brain; Comet assay; DNA damage; Rasayana therapy

Indexed keywords

AMALAKIRASAYANA; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CELL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PLACEBO; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AYURVEDA; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ISOLATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MALE; NEURONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS;

EID: 84860720327     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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