Cimicifuga racemosa impairs fatty acid β-oxidation and induces oxidative stress in livers of ovariectomized rats with renovascular hypertension

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 680-689

  Campos, Lilian Brites ^a   Gilglioni, Eduardo Hideo ^a   Garcia, Rosângela Fernandes ^a   Brito, Márcia Do Nascimento ^a   Natali, Maria Raquel Marçal ^a   Ishii Iwamoto, Emy Luiza ^a   Salgueiro Pagadigorria, Clairce Luzia ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cimicifuga racemosa; Fatty acid oxidation; Mitochondrial ROS generation; Ovariectomy; Oxidative stress; Renovascular hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; COENZYME A; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXISOME; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; STEATOSIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACYL-COA OXIDASE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CATALASE; CIMICIFUGA; ESTROGENS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEROXISOMES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84864364808     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.05.043     Document Type: Article

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