Saffron extract ameliorates oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in the rat brain

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 739, Issue , 2007, Pages 359-366

  Urrutia, E C ^a   Riveron Negrete L ^a   Abdullaev, F ^a   Del Angel, D S ^a   Martinez N L H ^a   Cruz, M E G ^a   Cruz, V P D ^b   Silva Adaya, Daniela ^b   González Cortés, Carolina ^b   Santamaría, Abel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

3 Nitropropionic acid; Antioxidant defense; Brain tissue; Lipid peroxidation; Mitochondrial function; Saffron

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70449096127     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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