Melatonin improved the disturbances in hepatic prooxidant and antioxidant balance and hepatotoxicity induced by a high cholesterol diet in C57BL/6J mice

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-354

  Balkan, Jale ^a   Şener, Göksel ^b   Çevikbaş, Uǧur ^a   Keyer Uysal, Meral ^b   Uysal, Müjdat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; High cholesterol diet; Lipid peroxidation; Liver; Melatonin; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXIDANTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10144232781     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.74.5.349     Document Type: Article

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