Quercetin, a flavonoid antioxidant, prevents and protects streptozotocin-induced oxidative stress and β-cell damage in rat pancreas

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Coskun, Omer ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Korkmaz, Ahmet ^b   Oter, Sukru ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; QUERCETIN; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FLAVONOIDS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 11144328863     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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