Ameliorative and antioxidant effects of myrtle berry seed (Myrtus communis) extract during reflux-induced esophagitis in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1575-1585

  Jabri, Mohamed Amine ^a,b   Tounsi, Haifa ^c   Rtibi, Kais ^b   Marzouki, Lamjed ^b   Sakly, Mohsen ^a   Sebai, Hichem ^a,b  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b University of Jendouba   (Tunisia)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Calcium; free iron; lipid peroxidation; medicinal plants; phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CALCIUM; CATALASE; FAMOTIDINE; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL GROUP;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; RAT; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH PH;

EID: 84958547014     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1107748     Document Type: Article

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