The effects of Panax ginseng and Spirulina platensis on hepatotoxicity induced by cadmium in rats

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Karadeniz, Ali ^a   Cemek, Mustafa ^b   Simsek, Nejdet ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hepatic damage; Panax ginseng; Rat; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINSENG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITOXINS; CADMIUM; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; SPIRULINA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; PANAX GINSENG; RATTUS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 54049103275     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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