Beneficial effects of histidine and carnosine on ethanol-induced chronic liver injury

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1503-1509

  Liu, Wen hu ^a   Liu, Te chung ^a   Yin, Mei chin ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Catalase; CYP2E1; Ethanol; Histidine; mRNA expression; TNF

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARNOSINE; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HISTIDINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARNOSINE; CATALASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HISTIDINE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

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EID: 40849100063     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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