Evaluation of phytochemicals, antioxidant activity and amelioration of pulmonary fibrosis with Phyllanthus emblica leaves

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tahir, Irsa ^a   Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Shah, Naseer Ali ^b   Aftab, Maryam ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Biosciences ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Histopathology; HPLC; Phyllanthus emblica; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID; CATALASE; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KAEMPFEROL; NITRITE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; RUTOSIDE; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLARA CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION ASSAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PROTECTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SCAVENGING ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; LUNG FIBROSIS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84992314147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1387-3     Document Type: Article

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