Nephroprotective potential of Bacopa monniera on hypercholesterolemia induced nephropathy via the NO signaling pathway

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1327-1334

  Kamesh, Venkatakrishnan ^a   Sumathi, Thangarajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Histopathology; Lipid profile; Nitric oxide synthase; Oxidative stress; Renal markers

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL PROTECTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACOPA; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BACOPA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907046902     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.891142     Document Type: Article

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