Antioxidation of quercetin against spinal cord injury in rats

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 303-307

  Liu, Jin Bo ^a   Tang, Tian Si ^b   Yang, Hui Lin ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Iron; Lipid peroxidation; Quercetin; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; IRON; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; QUERCETIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB MOVEMENT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749463870     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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