Commonly used tropical medicinal plants exhibt distinct in vitro antioxidant activities against hepatotoxins in rat liver

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-438

  Olalye, Mary Tolulope ^a,b   Rocha, Joao Batista Teixeira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b CCNE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

In vitro; Liver homogenate; Medicinal plants; Oxidative stress; Pro oxidants

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALOTROPIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIBISCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; KIGELIA AFRICANA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; KIGELIA AFRICANA; RATTUS;

EID: 84984535743     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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