Protective effect of Psidium guajava in arsenic-induced oxidative stress and cytological damage in rats

Toxicology International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-249

  Tandon, Neeraj ^a   Roy, Manju ^a   Roy, Sushovan ^a   Gupta, Neelu ^a  

^a Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Histopahtology; Oxidative stress; Psidium guajava; Rats; Sodium arsenite

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; CATALASE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GUAVA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GUAVA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY NECROSIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALIA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; RATTUS;

EID: 84871304053     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.103658     Document Type: Article

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