Potential preventive effect of carvacrol against diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma in rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 51-60

  Jayakumar, Subramaniyan ^a   Madankumar, Arumugam ^a   Asokkumar, Selvamani ^a   Raghunandhakumar, Subramanian ^a   Gokula Dhas, Krishnan ^a   Kamaraj, Sattu ^a   Josephine Divya, Michael Georget ^a   Devaki, Thiruvengadam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carvacrol; Diethylnitrosamine; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARVACROL; CATALASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MONOTERPENES; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR BURDEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 83555173193     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-1043-7     Document Type: Article

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