Saponins from Panax japonicus protect against alcohol-induced hepatic injury in mice by up-regulating the expression of GPX3, SOD1 and SOD3

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 320-331

  Li, You Gui ^a,b   Ji, Dong Feng ^b   Zhong, Shi ^b   Shi, Lian Gen ^a   Hu, Gui Yan ^b   Chen, Shi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; EXTRACELLULAR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 3; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PANAX JAPONICUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAPONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; GPX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SCAVENGER; SOD3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANAX JAPONICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; METABOLISM; PANAX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS; PANAX JAPONICUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PANAX; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPONINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77954273711     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq034     Document Type: Article

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