Protective effects of ginger toward cadmium-induced testes and kidney lipid peroxidation and hematological impairment in albino rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 817-821

  Onwuka, Frank C ^a   Erhabor, Osaro ^a   Eteng, M U ^b   Umoh, I B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

albino rats; cadmium toxicity; ginger; hematological impairment; kidney; lipid peroxidation; testes

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GINGER EXTRACT; HEMOGLOBIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASOPHILIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GINGER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; GINGER; HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

RATTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 79960456659     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0106     Document Type: Article

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