Protective effect of tulbaghia violacea Harv. on aortic pathology, tissue antioxidant enzymes and liver damage in diet-induced atherosclerotic rats

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 12747-12760

  Olorunnisola, Olubukola S ^a   Bradley, Graeme ^a   Afolayan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti atherosclerosis; Antioxidant enzymes; Endothelium dysfunction; Lipid derangements; T. violacea rhizomes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; STEROL ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA; ANIMAL; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; KIDNEY; LILIACEAE; LIPID DIET; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LILIACEAE; LIVER; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84867808076     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131012747     Document Type: Article

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