Salutary effect of ferulic acids against D-galactosamine challenged liver damage

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1271-1279

  Shanmugarajan, T S ^a   Krishnakumar, E ^a   Somasundaram, I ^a   Siravaman, D ^a   Arunsundar, M ^a   Balaji, R ^b   Sivakumar, S M ^a  

^a VELS INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b DR M G R EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; D galactosamine; Ferulic acid; Hepatotoxicity; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; FERULIC ACID; GALACTOSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 63449107569     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.1271.1279     Document Type: Article

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