Potential protective effects of quercetin and curcumin on paracetamol-induced histological changes, oxidative stress, impaired liver and kidney functions and haematotoxicity in rat

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3246-3261

  Yousef, Mokhtar I ^a   Omar, Sahar A M ^b   El Guendi, Marwa I ^a   Abdelmegid, Laila A ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Curcumin; N Acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress; Paracetamol; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CREATININE; CURCUMIN; GLOBULIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARACETAMOL; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CURCUMIN; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GLUTATHIONE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NECROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957337417     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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