Protective effect of Sonchus asper extracts against experimentally induced lung injuries in rats: A novel study

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 725-731

  Khan, Rahmat Ali ^a,b   Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^b   Sahreen, Sumaira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Lipid peroxidation; Lung histopathology; Sonchus asper

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDE; METHANOL; NITRITE; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); RUTOSIDE; SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; RAT; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; LUNG INJURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SONCHUS;

RATTUS; SONCHUS ASPER;

EID: 84867693791     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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