In vitro and in vivo reduction of sodium arsenite induced toxicity by aqueous garlic extract

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 740-751

  Chowdhury, Rajdeep ^a   Dutta, Abhishek ^a   Chaudhuri, Susri Ray ^a   Sharma, Nilendu ^b   Giri, Ashok K ^a   Chaudhuri, Keya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Anandalok Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Allicin; Aqueous garlic extract; Chelation; Lipid peroxidation; Reactive oxygen species; Sodium arsenite

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; CATALASE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; CATALASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GARLIC; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; RATTUS;

EID: 37349003359     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.108     Document Type: Article

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