The gastroprotective role of Acanthus ilicifolius - a study to Unravel the underlying mechanism of anti-ulcer activity

Scientia Pharmaceutica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 701-717

  Senthil Kumar, K T Mani ^a   Puia, Zothan ^a   Samanta, Samir K ^a   Barik, Rajiv ^a   Dutta, Arnab ^a   Gorain, Bapi ^a   Roy, Dilip K ^a   Adhikari, Dipan ^a   Karmakar, Sanmoy ^a   Sen, Tuhinadri ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acanthus ilicifolius; Dual inhibitor; Sundarban mangroves; Ulcer protection

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS ILICIFOLIUS EXTRACT; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIULCER AGENT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INDOMETACIN; METHANOL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RANITIDINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHUS ILICIFOLIUS; ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PYLORUS LIGATION; RAT; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS;

EID: 84866484002     PISSN: 00368709     EISSN: 22180532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3797/scipharm.1108-11     Document Type: Article

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