Pharmacological, antioxidant, genotoxic studies and modulation of rat splenocyte functions by Cyperus rotundus extracts

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Soumaya, Kilani Jaziri ^a,b   Dhekra, Mhalla ^a,b   Fadwa, Châbane ^a,b   Zied, Ghedira ^a,b   Ilef, Limem ^a,b   Kamel, Ghedira ^a   Leila, Chekir Ghedira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Anti inflammatory activity; Chromosome aberrations; Cyperus rotundus; Immunomodulatory effect; Lipid peroxidation effect

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LIPID; MITOGENIC AGENT; XYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EAR EDEMA; GENOTOXICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACETIC ACID; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYPERUS; EDEMA; FLAVONOIDS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPLEEN; XYLENES;

EID: 84873248132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-28     Document Type: Article

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