Antioxidant effects of garlic in young and aged rat brain in vitro

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1166-1169

  Brunetti, Luigi ^a   Menghini, Luigi ^a   Orlando, Giustino ^a   Recinella, Lucia ^a   Leone, Sheila ^a   Epifano, Francesco ^a   Lazzarin, Francesco ^a   Chiavaroli, Annalisa ^a   Ferrante, Claudio ^a   Vacca, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

8 iso prostaglandin F2a; Aging; Allium sativum; In vitro study; Isoprostane; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; GARLIC EXTRACT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DINOPROST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GARLIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTOSOMES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350499764     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0176     Document Type: Article

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