Antifilarial effects of polyphenol rich ethanolic extract from the leaves of Azadirachta indica through molecular and biochemical approaches describing reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated apoptosis of Setaria cervi

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-58

  Mukherjee, Niladri ^a   Mukherjee, Suprabhat ^a   Saini, Prasanta ^a   Roy, Priya ^a   Sinha Babu, Santi P ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Azadirachta indica; Optimized extraction; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Setaria cervi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IVERMECTIN; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFILARIAL EFFECT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA LADDERING; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SETARIA CERVI; TRICHOME; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84890192113     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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