An aqueous garlic extract alleviates water avoidance stress-induced degeneration of the urinary bladder

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1250-1254

  Sǎlam, Beyhan ^a   Çikler, Esra ^a   Zeybek, Ali ^b   Çetinel, Şule ^a   Şener, Göksel ^a   Ercan, Feriha ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aqueous garlic extract; Interstitial cystitis; Mast cell; Microscopy; Water avoidance stress

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER MUCOSA; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; URINARY BLADDER DEGENERATION; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GARLIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER; WATER;

EID: 33750867952     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06511.x     Document Type: Article

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