Protective effect of safranal against hexachlorobutadiene-induced nephrotoxicity in rat

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-176

  Boroushaki, Mohammad Taher ^a,c   Mofidpour, H ^b   Sadeghnia, H R ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hexachlorobutadiene; Malondialdehyde; Nephrotoxicity; Safranal

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; CREATININE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HEART; HISTOLOGY; INJECTION; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUNCTURE; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 39449108601     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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