Effect of carnosine against thioacetamide-induced liver cirrhosis in rat

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Aydin, A Fatih ^a   Küskü Kiraz, Zeynep ^a   Doǧru Abbasoǧlu, Semra ^a   Güllüoǧlu, Mine ^a   Uysal, Müjdat ^a   Koçak Toker, Necla ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Cirrhosis; GSH Px; Oxidative stress; SOD; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARNOSINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOACETAMIDE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 72749119634     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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