The protective effect of quercetin, green tea or malt extracts against experimentally-induced lung fibrosis in rats

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 191-201

  El Sayed, Nesrine S ^a   Rizk, Sherine M ^b  

^a German University in Cairo GUC   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Deprenyl; Green tea; Lung; Malt; Paraquat; Quercetin; Rats

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MALT EXTRACT; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAQUAT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SELEGILINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALT; NONHUMAN; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77953680110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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