An Antioxidant Extract of the Insectivorous Plant Drosera burmannii Vahl. Alleviates Iron-Induced Oxidative Stress and Hepatic Injury in Mice

Nikhil Baban Ghate; Dipankar Chaudhuri; Abhishek Das; Sourav Panja; Nripendranath Mandal

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128221

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An Antioxidant Extract of the Insectivorous Plant Drosera burmannii Vahl. Alleviates Iron-Induced Oxidative Stress and Hepatic Injury in Mice

Nikhil Baban Ghate ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nikhil Baban Ghate, Dipankar Chaudhuri

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Dipankar Chaudhuri ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nikhil Baban Ghate, Dipankar Chaudhuri

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Abhishek Das,

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Sourav Panja,

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Nripendranath Mandal

* E-mail: mandaln@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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An Antioxidant Extract of the Insectivorous Plant Drosera burmannii Vahl. Alleviates Iron-Induced Oxidative Stress and Hepatic Injury in Mice

Nikhil Baban Ghate,
Dipankar Chaudhuri,
Abhishek Das,
Sourav Panja,
Nripendranath Mandal

Published: May 26, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128221

About the Authors

Nikhil Baban Ghate

Contributed equally to this work with: Nikhil Baban Ghate, Dipankar Chaudhuri

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Dipankar Chaudhuri

Contributed equally to this work with: Nikhil Baban Ghate, Dipankar Chaudhuri

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abhishek Das

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sourav Panja

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Nripendranath Mandal

* E-mail: mandaln@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P 1/12, Scheme—VIIM, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM. Performed the experiments: NBG DC AD. Analyzed the data: NBG DC SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM. Wrote the paper: NBG DC AD NM.

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