Ginkgo biloba extract protects against mercury(II)-induced oxidative tissue damage in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-550

  Şener, Göksel ^a   Sehirli, Özer ^a   Tozan, Ayfer ^a   Velioǧlu Övunç, Ayliz ^a   Gedik, Nursal ^b   Omurtag, Gülden Z ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KASIMPASA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba; Lipid peroxidation; Mercury chloride; TNF

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COLLAGEN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY; MYELOPEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TISSUE INJURY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GINKGO BILOBA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846837235     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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