The effect of saffron consumption on biochemical and histopathological heart indices of rats with myocardial infarction

Cardiovascular Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-71

  Joukar, Siyavash ^a   Najafipour, Hamid ^a   Khaksari, Mohammad ^a   Sepehri, Gholamreza ^a   Shahrokhi, Nader ^a   Dabiri, Shahriar ^b   Gholamhoseinian, Ahmad ^a   Hasanzadeh, Soheil ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardioprotective; Histopathological indices; Myocardial injury; Saffron

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOPRENALINE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFFRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROCUS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEART DISEASES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TROPONIN I;

ANIMALIA; CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77951140139     PISSN: 15307905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12012-010-9063-1     Document Type: Article

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