Aged Garlic Extract Attenuates Cerebral Damage and Cyclooxygenase-2 Induction after Ischemia and Reperfusion in Rats

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-354

  Colín González, Ana Laura ^a   Ortiz Plata, Alma ^a   Villeda Hernández, Juana ^a   Barrera, Diana ^b   Molina Jijón, Eduardo ^c   Pedraza Chaverri J ^c   Maldonado, Perla D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aged garlic extract; Cerebral ischemia; Cyclooxygenase 2; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; TNF

Indexed keywords

8 OXO 7 HYDRODEOXYGUANOSINE; 8-OXO-7-HYDRODEOXYGUANOSINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GARLIC; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REPERFUSION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEOXYGUANOSINE; GARLIC; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 83055172960     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0251-3     Document Type: Article

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