Prevention of arsenic-induced hepatic apoptosis by concomitant administration of garlic extracts in mice

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Flora, Swaran J S ^a   Mehta, Ashish ^a   Gupta, Richa ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Antioxidant; Arsenic; Garlic; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARSENIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARSENIC; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 58349105164     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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