Protective effects of Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, (Asteraceae) against CCl4-induced oxidative stress in the thyroid tissue of rats

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Khan, Rahmat A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Carbon tetrachloride; Oxidative stress; Sonchus asper; T3; T4

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; METHANOL; NITRITE; PLANT EXTRACT; SONCHUS ASPER EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SONCHUS; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; DNA DAMAGE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; SONCHUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84867115656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-181     Document Type: Article

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