Protective effect of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) on hepatic steatosis and damage induced by carbon tetrachloride in Wistar rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1767-1775

  Ozturk, Feral ^a   Gul, Mehmet ^a   Ates, Burhan ^b   Ozturk, I Cetin ^a   Cetin, Asli ^a   Vardi, Nigar ^a   Otlu, Ali ^a   Yilmaz, Ismet ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotene; Apricots; Carbon tetrachloride; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SGO PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APRICOT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; FATTY LIVER; FREE RADICALS; FRUIT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEPATOCYTES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRUNUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 74949087035     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509991322     Document Type: Article

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