Silymarin modulates the oxidant-antioxidant imbalance during diethylnitrosamine induced oxidative stress in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 560, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 110-116

  Pradeep, Kannampalli ^a   Mohan, Chandrasekaran Victor Raj ^a   Gobianand, Kuppanan ^a   Karthikeyan, Sivanesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Diethylnitrosamine; Hepatotoxicity; Lipid peroxidation; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILYMARIN;

EID: 33847368051     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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