Antioxidant Properties of Amaranthus hypochondriacus Seeds and their Effect on the Liver of Alcohol-Treated Rats

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-162

  López, Viviana Romina Lucero ^a   Razzeto, Gabriela Silvina ^a   Giménez, María Sofía ^a   Escudero, Nora Lilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amaranthus hypochondriacus; Antioxidant enzymes; Ethanol; Oxidative stress; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMARANTHUS; ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHANOL; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NADPH OXIDASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79960180416     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0218-4     Document Type: Article

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