Malanga (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) and purslane (Portulaca oleracea) leaves reduce oxidative stress in vitamin A-deficient rats.
Arruda
Sandra F
SF
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Laboratório de Biofísica, Campus Universitário Darci Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Asa Norte, DF, Brazil. arruda@unb.br
Siqueira
Egle M A
EM
Souza
Elizabeth M T
EM
D000818:Animals; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves; D031822:Portulaca / Q000737:chemistry*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000032:analysis; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D031063:Xanthosoma / Q000737:chemistry*
D010936:Plant Extracts; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D005978:Glutathione