Protective effect of Withania somnifera against radiation-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-19

  Hosny Mansour, Heba ^a   Farouk Hafez, Hafez ^b  

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

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

DNA; Heme oxygenase 1 and nitric oxide; Hepatotoxicity; Ionizing radiation; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NITRIC OXIDE; RADIATION DAMAGE; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; WITHANIA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84860530923     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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