Role of carnosine in preventing thioacetamide-induced liver injury in the rat

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-429

  Mehmetçik, Güldal ^a   Özdemirler, Gül ^b   Koçak Toker, Necla ^b   Çevikbaş, Uǧur ^b   Uysal, Müjdat ^a  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Liver injury; Oxidative stress; Rats; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARNOSINE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; THIOACETAMIDE; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARNOSINE; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 39649084883     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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