Ameliorative effect of Vernonia cinerea in vincristine-induced painful neuropathy in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 794-805

  Thiagarajan, Venkata Rathina Kumar ^a,b   Shanmugam, Palanichamy ^c   Krishnan, Uma Maheswari ^a   Muthuraman, Arunachalam ^d  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Sankaralingam Bhuvaneshwari College of Pharmacy   (India)

^d PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium; neuropathic pain; oxidative stress; pregabalin; Vernonia cinerea; vincristine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTATHIONE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PREGABALIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; CYANTHILLIUM CINEREUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; VERNONIA; WISTAR RAT; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANTHILLIUM CINEREUM; EXPERIMENTAL PAIN TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAW PRESSURE TEST; TAIL IMMERSION TEST; VON FREY HAIR TEST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HYPERALGESIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VERNONIA; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84910039021     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712463779     Document Type: Article

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