Regeneration of coenzyme Q9 redox state and inhibition of oxidative stress by Rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) administration in carbon tetrachloride liver damage

Physiological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-521

  Kucharská, Jarmila ^a   Ulicna O ^a   Gvozdjakova A ^a   Sumbalova Z ^a   Vancova O ^a   Bozek P ^b   Nakano, M ^c   Greksak M ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b State Hospital   (Slovakia)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

tocopherol; CCl4 liver damage; Coenzyme Q 9; Oxidative stress; Rooibos tea

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UBIQUINONE; UBIQUINONE 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REDUCTION; TEA; ANIMAL; ASPALATHUS; BEVERAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPALATHUS; BEVERAGES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 8444243361     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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