Antivenom activity of triterpenoid (C34H68O2) from Leucas aspera Linn. against Naja naja naja venom induced toxicity: Antioxidant and histological study in mice

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-359

  Venkatesan, C ^a,b   Sarathi, M ^a,c   Balasubramanian, G ^a,d   Thomas, John ^a   Balachander, V ^e   Sarath Babu, V ^a   Mohammed Yusuf Bilal, S ^f   Abdul Majeed, S ^a   Madan, N ^a   Sundar Raj, N ^a   Vimal, S ^a   Nambi, K S N ^a   Sahul Hameed, A ^a  

^a OIE Reference Laboratory for WTD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ARIGNAR ANNA GOVT ARTS COLLEGE   (India)

^e BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f Rajah Muthiah Medical College Chidamabaram   (India)

Author keywords

antiserum; CAT; cobra; GSH; GSH PX; GST; Leucas aspera Linn.; LPO; mice; Naja naja naja; SOD

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYTETRATRIACONTANE 4 ONE; ANION; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; LIPID PEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NAJA NAJA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE;

ANTISERUM; CAT; COBRA; GSH; GSH-PX; GST; LEUCAS ASPERA LINN.; LPO; MICE; NAJA NAJA NAJA; SOD;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; COBRA VENOMS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84897859274     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113494901     Document Type: Article

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