Amelioration of the cardiovascular manifestations of the yellow scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus envenomation in rats by red grape seeds proanthocyanidins

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-333

  El Alfy, Abir T ^a   Ahmed, Amany A E ^b   Fatani, Amal J ^b   Kader, Farida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiac effects; Grape seed proanthocyanidins; Leiurus quinuestriatus; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; SCORPION VENOM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVENOMATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; HEMODYNAMICS; LETHALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEART; HEART RATE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITIS;

ANIMALIA; LEIURUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; MUS; RATTUS; SCORPIONES; VITACEAE;

EID: 39149104020     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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