Safety of oligonol, a highly bioavailable lychee-derived polyphenolic antioxidant, on liver, kidney and heart function in rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 555-559

  Thirunavukkarasu, Mahesh ^a   Zhan, Lijun ^a   Wakame, Koji ^b   Fujii, Hajime ^b   Moriyama, Hiroyoshi ^c   Bagchi, Manashi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Amino Up Chemical Co   (Japan)

^c SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NutriToday LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart; Kidney; Liver; Oligonol; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; OLIGONOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HEART FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LYCHEE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATECHIN; CYCLIC GMP; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LITCHI; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYPHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84865336837     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.702795     Document Type: Article

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