The hepatoprotective effect of carnosine against ischemia/reperfusion liver injury in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 572, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Fouad, Amr A ^a   El Rehany, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz ^a   Maghraby, Hala K ^b  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

(Rats); Antioxidant activity; Carnosine; Ischemia reperfusion; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARNOSINE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRITE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REOXYGENATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARNOSINE; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NECROSIS; PEROXIDASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 34548482501     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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