Ghrelin acts as an antioxidant agent in the rat kidney

International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Neamati, Shima ^a   Alirezaei, Masoud ^b   Kheradmand, Arash ^b  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Ghrelin; Kidney; Rat; TBARS

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GHRELIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 83255185238     PISSN: 15733149     EISSN: 15733904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10989-011-9263-y     Document Type: Article

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