The antioxidant activity of allylpyrocatechol is mediated via decreased generation of free radicals along with escalation of antioxidant mechanisms

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-329

  Sarkar, Debjani ^a,d   Kundu, Sunanda ^a   De, Soumita ^a   Hariharan, Chellaram ^b   Saha, Piu ^a   Manna, Alak ^a   Chattopadhyay, Subrata ^c   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Central Drugs Laboratory India   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d BARASAT GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

allylpyrocatechol; catalase; DNA damage; GSH; phagocytosis; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALLYLPYROCATECHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETEL EXTRACT; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLASMID DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CATECHOLS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIPER BETLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; PIPER BETLE;

EID: 84874944407     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4720     Document Type: Article

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