Spirulina platensis protects against gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1506-1510

  Karadeniz, Ali ^a   Yildirim, Abdulkadir ^b   Simsek, Nejdet ^a   Kalkan, Yildiray ^a   Celebi, Fikret ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gentamicin sulphate; Nephrotoxicity; Oxidative damage; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CREATINE; GENTAMICINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPIRULINA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

RATTUS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 57349199490     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2522     Document Type: Article

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