Antioxidant and antimutagenic effect of quercetin against DEN induced hepatotoxicity in rat

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-128

  Gupta, C ^a   Vikram, A ^a   Tripathi, D N ^a   Ramarao, P ^a   Jena, G B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Comet assay; Diethylnitrosamine; Hepatotoxicity; Quercetin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; QUERCETIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COMET ASSAY; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DNA DAMAGE; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RATTUS;

EID: 74249099331     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2883     Document Type: Article

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