Improvement of inflammatory and toxic stress biomarkers by silymarin in a murine model of type one diabetes mellitus

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-380

  Malihi, Farshad ^a   Hosseini Tabatabaei, Azadeh ^a,b   Esmaily, Hadi ^a   Khorasani, Reza ^a   Baeeri, Maryam ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diabetes; Inflammatory cytokines; Oxidative stress; Silymarin; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

MURINAE; MUS; SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 70350047081     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-009-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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