Hepatoprotective potentials of onion and garlic extracts on cadmium-induced oxidative damage in rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 143-156

  Obioha, Udoka E ^a   Suru, Stephen M ^a   Ola Mudathir, Kikelomo F ^a   Faremi, Toyin Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cadmium; Garlic; Hepatoprotection; Onion; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM; CATALASE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ONION EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GARLIC; LIVER; METABOLISM; ONION; WISTAR RAT;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CATALASE; GARLIC; LIVER; MALE; ONIONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 67650495835     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8276-7     Document Type: Article

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