Effects of (-)-epicatechin, a flavonoid on lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in streptozotocin-induced diabetic liver, kidney and heart

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 610-615

  Quine, Sabarimuthu Darlin ^a   Raghu, Pamakanthan S ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

( ) epicatechin; Antioxidants; Insulin; Streptozotocin diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; INSULIN; LIPID; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646186363     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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