Strengthening of antioxidant defense by Azadirachta indica in alloxan-diabetic rat tissues

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Shailey, Sweta ^a   Basir, Seemi Farhat ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; glutathione peroxidase; oxidative stress; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INSULIN; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84866241546     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.100174     Document Type: Article

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