Effect of morin on the levels of circulatory liver markers and redox status in experimental chronic hyperammonaemic rats

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 650-655

  Subash, S ^a   Subramanian, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hyperammonaemia; Lipid peroxidation; Liver markers; Morin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; MORIN; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICALS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 51349092917     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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