Alleviation of lung injury by glycyrrhizic acid in benzo(a)pyrene exposed rats: Probable role of soluble epoxide hydrolase and thioredoxin reductase

Toxicology

Volumn 291, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Qamar, Wajhul ^a   Khan, Rehan ^a   Khan, Abdul Quaiyoom ^a   Rehman, Muneeb U ^a   Lateef, Abdul ^a   Tahir, Mir ^a   Ali, Farrah ^a   Sultana, Sarwat ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Caspases; Cytotoxicity; Glycyrrhizic acid; Lung epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; APOPTOSIS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MALE; NECROSIS; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84155165390     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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