Effects of β-carotene on antioxidant status in rats with chronic alcohol consumption

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 344-350

  Lin, Wan Teng ^a   Huang, Chi Chang ^b   Lin, Tien Jen ^c   Chen, Jiun Rong ^c   Shieh, Ming Jer ^a   Peng, Hsiang Chi ^c   Yang, Suh Ching ^c   Huang, Chih Yang ^d,e  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

carotene; Alcoholic liver disease; Antioxidant capacity; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BETA CAROTENE; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHANOL; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; GLUTATHIONE; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URIC ACID; VITAMIN A;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349403789     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1579     Document Type: Article

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