Green tea (Camellia sinesis) ameliorates female Schistosoma mansoni-induced changes in the liver of Balb/C mice

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Bin Dajem, Saad M ^a   Shati, Ali A ^a   Adly, Mohamed A ^a,b   Ahmed, Osama M ^c   Ibrahim, Essam H ^a,d   Mostafa, Osama M S ^a,e  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^d National Organization for Research and Control of Biologicals   (Egypt)

^e Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant property; Green tea; Histopathology; Liver; Oxidative stress; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 80052932193     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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