Khat (Catha edulis) extract increases oxidative stress parameters and impairs renal and hepatic functions in rats

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Al Hashem, Fahaid H ^a   Bin Jaliah, Ismaeel ^a   Dallak, Mohammad A ^a   Nwoye, Luke O ^a   Al Khateeb, Mahmoud ^a   Sakr, Hussein F ^a   Eid, Refaat A ^a   Al Gelban, Khalid S ^a   Al Amri, Hasan S ^b   Adly, Mohamed A ^c  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79952306772     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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