Antioxidant and antiulcer potential of aqueous leaf extract of Kigelia Africana against ethanol-induced ulcer in rats

EXCLI Journal

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-330

  dos Santos, Matheus M ^a   Olaleye, Mary T ^b   Ineu, Rafael P ^a   Boligon, Aline A ^a   Athayde, Margareth L ^a   Barbosa, Nilda B V ^a   da Rocha, João Batista Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antiulcerogenic potential; Ethanol; Flavonoids; Gastric damage; Kigelia africana

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIULCER AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SPECIES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIGELIA AFRICANA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULCER;

EID: 84984572964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16112156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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