Curcumin prevents Cr(VI)-induced renal oxidant damage by a mitochondrial pathway

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1543-1557

  Molina Jijón, Eduardo ^a   Tapia, Edilia ^b   Zazueta, Cecilia ^b   El Hafidi, Mohammed ^b   Zatarain Barrón, Zyanya Lucia ^c   Hernández Pando, Rogelio ^c   Medina Campos, Omar Noel ^a   Zarco Márquez, Guillermo ^a   Torres, Ismael ^d   Pedraza Chaverri, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromium; Curcumin; Free radicals; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Nephrotoxicity; Oxidant stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CREATININE; CURCUMIN; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY OXIDANT DAMAGE; KIDNEY OXIDANT INJURY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; CURCUMIN; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84860389335     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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