Protective effect of milk thistle and grape seed extracts on fumonisin B1 induced hepato- and nephro-toxicity in rats

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 6316-6327

  El Adawi, H ^a   El Azhary, D ^b   El Wahab, Abd A ^a   El Shafeey, M ^a   Abdel Mohsen, M ^c  

^a Universities and Research Institutes District   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fumonisin B1; Grape seed extract; Liver; Oxidative stress; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CREATININE; FUMONISIN B1; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; SILYMARIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 82855167308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.927     Document Type: Article

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