Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities contribute to the prophylactic effect of semi-purified fractions obtained from the crude methanol extract of Muntingia calabura leaves against gastric ulceration in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-15

  Balan, Tavamani ^a   Sani, Mohd Hijaz Mohd ^a   Mumtaz Ahmad, Salahuddin Haji ^a   Suppaiah, Velan ^b   Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah ^a   Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammation; Antioxidant; Flavonoids; Gallic acid; Gastric ulcer; Muntingia calabura

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FLAVONOID; LIPOXYGENASE; METHANOL; MUNTINGIA CALABURA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSORBATE 80; RANITIDINE; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; PICRIC ACID; SOLVENT; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHANOL-INDUCED GASTRIC ULCER; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUNTINGIA CALABURA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SCREENING; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; ULCEROGENESIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

MUNTINGIA CALABURA; MUNTINGIACEAE; RATTUS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ETHANOL; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; NITRITES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS; STOMACH ULCER; SUPEROXIDES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84922799264     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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