Effects of extracts of selected medicinal plants upon hepatic oxidative stress

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Giao M S ^a   Pestana, D ^b   Faria, A ^b,c   Guimaraes J T ^b   Pintado, M E ^a   Calhau, C ^b   Azevedo, I ^b   Malcata, F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agrimony; Antioxidant; Mice; Raspberry; Sage; Savory

Indexed keywords

AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; RUBUS IDAEUS EXTRACT; SALVIA EXTRACT; SATUREJA MONTANA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRIMONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RASPBERRY; SALVIA; SAVORY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGRIMONIA; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; DNA DAMAGE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PORTUGAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; ROSACEAE; SALVIA; SATUREJA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGRIMONIA; ANIMALIA; MUS; RUBUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 76649088665     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0323     Document Type: Article

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