Radioprotective effect of curcuma longa extract on γ-irradiation-induced oxidative stress in rats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-423

  Nada, Ahmed S ^c   Hawas, Asrar M ^c   Amin, Nour El Din ^c   Elnashar, Magdy M ^d   Abd Elmageed, Zakaria Y ^a,b  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

irradiation; Curcuma longa; Cytokines; Hepatocytes; Oxidative stress; Rats; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MANGANESE; PEROXIREDOXIN 1; SELENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG EFFECT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CURCUMA; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATOCYTES; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIREDOXINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84859137664     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y2012-005     Document Type: Article

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