Inhibitory effect of Nymphaea pubescens Willd. flower extract on carrageenan-induced inflammation and CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 485-491

  Debnath, Sukalyani ^a   Ghosh, Subhalakshmi ^a   Hazra, Banasri ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Carrageenan induced paw edema; CCl4 induced hepatotoxicity; Free radical scavenger; INOS; Nymphaea pubescens

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARRAGEENAN; GLUTATHIONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; NYMPHAEA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FLOWER; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA PUBESCENS; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; WILD PLANT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY; CARRAGEENAN-INDUCED PAW EDEMA; CCL4-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGER; INOS; NYMPHAEA PUBESCENS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDEMA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INDIA; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NYMPHAEA; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SAPONINS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 84880594310     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.06.036     Document Type: Article

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