Beneficial effects of N-acetylcysteine on acetic acid-induced colitis in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-139

  Cetinkaya, Ali ^a   Bulbuloglu, Ertan ^a   Kurutas, Ergul Belge ^a   Ciralik, Harun ^a   Kantarceken, Bulent ^a   Buyukbese, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Colitis; GSH; N acetylcysteine; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLON INJURY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE LEVEL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; COLITIS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 21244477159     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.131     Document Type: Article

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