Green tea extract alleviates arsenic-induced biochemical toxicity and lipid peroxidation in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 349-359

  Messarah, Mahfoud ^a   Saoudi, Mongi ^b   Boumendjel, Amel ^a   Kadeche, Lilia ^a   Boulakoud, Mohamed Salah ^a   Feki, Abdelfattah El ^b  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; biochemical parameters; green tea; lipid peroxidation; protective effect; rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENITE SODIUM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PHOSPHATASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY MASS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; TESTIS WEIGHT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 84866637759     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711433934     Document Type: Article

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