Esculetin ameliorates carbon tetrachloride-mediated hepatic apoptosis in rats

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4053-4067

  Tien, Yun Chen ^a   Liao, Jung Chun ^a   Chiu, Chuan Sung ^a,b   Huang, Tai Hung ^a   Huang, Chih Yang ^a   Chang, Wen Te ^a   Peng, Wen Huang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSIN SHENG COLLEGE OF MEDICAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carbon tetrachloride; Esculetin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TUBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME C; ESCULETIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN T BID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRAXINUS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TOXICITY;

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS; FRAXINUS RYNCHOPHYLLA; RATTUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; ARTEMISIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FRAXINUS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UMBELLIFERONES;

EID: 79959745905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12064053     Document Type: Article

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