Journal ArticleDOI
Viper venom-induced inflammation and inhibition of free radical formation by pure compound (2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzoic acid) isolated and purified from anantamul (Hemidesmus indicus R.Br) root extract
M.I. Alam,Aparna Gomes +1 more
TLDR
The present investigation explored the possible venom neutralizing effect of a pure compound isolated and purified from the methanolic root extract of Hemidesmus indicus R.Rr.About:
This article is published in Toxicon.The article was published on 1998-01-01. It has received 112 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hemidesmus indicus.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Evaluation of neuroprotective potential of methanolic extract of Hemidesmus indicus extract in Aβ (1-42) induced rats
TL;DR: Swati Som, Justin Antony, Palanisamy Dhanabal S3, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar* as discussed by the authors, S.P.V.S.
Journal ArticleDOI
Why there are no effective herbal antidotes against snake venom available in India
TL;DR: The group at Kolkata (1981-2018) has established the efficacy of the herbal extract/compound active against Cobra and Viper venoms in animal models, but an antidote could not be developed.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Superoxide dismutase: Improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels☆
TL;DR: The staining procedure for localizing superoxide dismutase on polyacrylamide electrophoretograms has been applied to extracts obtained from a variety of sources and could thus be assayed either in crude extracts or in purified protein fractions.
Journal ArticleDOI
A colorimetric method for the determination of serum glutamic oxalacetic and glutamic pyruvic transaminases.
Stanley Reitman,Sam Frankel +1 more
Journal ArticleDOI
Flavonoids, a class of natural products of high pharmacological potency
TL;DR: The few existing reports on the careful pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic and clinical studies which have been made have been summarized to provide a basis for a full-scale investigation of the therapeutic potential of flavonoids.
Journal ArticleDOI
Anti-inflammatory steroids induce biosynthesis of a phospholipase A2 inhibitor which prevents prostaglandin generation.
R J Flower,G J Blackwell +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that similar events occur in the guinea pig perfused lung before inhibition by steroids of phospholipase A2 activity (and thus TXA2 generation), and a steroid-induced factor is discovered which mimics the anti-phospholipases effects of these anti-inflammatory agents.
Related Papers (5)
Snake venom neutralization by Indian medicinal plants (Vitex negundo and Emblica officinalis ) root extracts
M.I. Alam,Aparna Gomes +1 more
Development of simple standard assay procedures for the characterization of snake venom.
R. D. G. Theakston,H. A. Reid +1 more