Protective Role of Quercetin on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Aroclor-1254) Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Liver of Adult Male Rats

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 522-532

  Sekaran, Suganya ^a   Kandaswamy, Selvakumar ^a   Gunasekaran, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Perumal, Elumalai ^a   Afsar Basha, Fariya Yasmine ^a   Madhan Mohan, Balasakthi Janani ^a   Jagadeesan, Arunakaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

AhR; Apoptosis; Hepatotoxicity; Oxidative Stress; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AROCLOR 1254; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871604354     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: 10990461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.21466     Document Type: Article

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