Protective effects of ascorbic acid on hepatotoxicity and oxidative stress caused by carbon tetrachloride in the liver of Wistar rats

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Ozturk, Ismail Cetin ^a   Ozturk, Feral ^a   Gul, Mehmet ^a   Ates, Burhan ^a   Cetin, Asli ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 70349232969     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1575     Document Type: Article

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