Octacosanol attenuates disrupted hepatic reactive oxygen species metabolism associated with acute liver injury progression in rats intoxicated with carbon tetrachloride

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Ohta, Yoshiji ^a   Ohashi, Koji ^b   Matsura, Tatsuya ^c   Tokunaga, Kenji ^d   Kitagawa, Akira ^e   Yamada, Kazuo ^c  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^e Chukyo Women's University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver injury (rat); Octacosanol; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OCTACOSANOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 46249096025     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.2008017     Document Type: Article

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