Protective effect of Hypericum perforatum L. on serum and hair trace elements in rats 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced oxidative stress

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-445

  Ekin, Suat ^a   Oto, Gokhan ^a   Yardim, Yavuz ^a   levent, Abdulkadir ^b   Ozgokce, Fevzi ^a   Kusman, Tuba ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BATMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DMBA; Hair; Hypericum perforatum; Serum; Trace element

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HAIR; HYPERICUM; METALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; RATTUS;

EID: 84857509631     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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