Crocin "saffron" protects against beryllium chloride toxicity in rats through diminution of oxidative stress and enhancing gene expression of antioxidant enzymes

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-54

  El Beshbishy, Hesham A ^a,b   Hassan, Memy H ^a,b   Aly, Hamdy A A ^b,c   Doghish, Ahmed S ^b   Alghaithy, Abdulaziz A A ^a  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Beryllium chloride; Blood; Brain; Crocin; Liver; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; CROCIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BERYLLIUM; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHLORIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOGLOBIN; RNA; RODENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERYLLIUM CHLORIDE TOXICITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTOXICATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID OXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BERYLLIUM; BRAIN; CAROTENOIDS; CATALASE; CROCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84864112551     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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