The effect of carnosine pretreatment on oxidative stress and hepatotoxicity in binge ethanol administered rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 659-665

  Artun, B C ^a   Kusku Kiraz Z ^a   Gulluoglu M ^a   Cevikbas U ^a   Kocak Toker N ^a   Uysal, M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antioxidants; carnosine; ethanol; lipid peroxidation; rat liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARNOSINE; DIENE CONJUGATE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEATOSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNOSINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOCOPHEROLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955211538     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327109359460     Document Type: Article

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