Evaluation of antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of Moringa oleifera lam. leaves in carbon tetrachloride-intoxicated rats

Antioxidants

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 569-591

  Singh, Dharmendra ^a,b   Arya, Priya Vrat ^b   Aggarwal, Ved Prakash ^b   Gupta, Radhey Shyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Free radicals; Hepatoprotection; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920364408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox3030569     Document Type: Article

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