Ginkgo biloba prevents mobile phone-induced oxidative stress in rat brain

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 340, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Ilhan, Atilla ^a   Gurel, Ahmet ^b   Armutcu, Ferah ^b   Kamisli, Suat ^a   Iraz, Mustafa ^a   Akyol, Omer ^a   Ozen, Suleyman ^c  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Dark neuron; Free radicals; Ginkgo biloba; Mobile phone; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MARKER; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT;

ADA; ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 0842281428     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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