Antioxidant effect of the marine algae Chlorella vulgaris against naphthalene-induced oxidative stress in the albino rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Vijayavel, K ^a,b   Anbuselvam, C ^a   Balasubramanian, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Free radical scavengers; Lipid peroxidation; Naphthalene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; NAPHTHALENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; INTOXICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VITAMIN E;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 34547905741     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9453-2     Document Type: Article

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