Investigation of in vivo antioxidant property of Abelmoschus esculentus (L) moench. fruit seed and peel powders in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 188-193

  Sabitha, Vijayakumar ^a   Ramachandran, Subramaniam ^b   Naveen, Koikaramparambil Robert ^b   Panneerselvam, Kaliyamoorthy ^a  

^a KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KMCH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Abelmoschus esculentus; antioxidant; diabetes; lipid peroxidation; streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OKRA; PLANT SEED; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 84871913236     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.104432     Document Type: Article

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