Protective effect of diyarbaki{dotless}r watermelon juice on carbon tetrachloride-induced toxicity in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2433-2438

  Altaş, Sevcan ^a   Kizil, Göksel ^a   Kizil, Murat ^a   Ketani, Aydin ^a   Haris, Parvez I ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant.; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Lipid peroxidation; Ursodeoxycolic acid; Watermelon juice

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPID PEROXIDE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FRUIT JUICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WATERMELON JUICE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; CITRULLUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; RATTUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BRAIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CITRULLUS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; RATS;

EID: 79960845755     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.064     Document Type: Article

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