Antioxidant and anti-apoptotic effects of onion (Allium cepa) extract on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rats

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Alpsoy, Seref ^a   Aktas, Cevat ^a   Uygur, Ramazan ^a   Topcu, Birol ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^b   Erboga, Mustafa ^b   Karakaya, Osman ^c   Gedikbasi, Asuman ^c  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Antioxidants; Cardiotoxicity; Doxorubicin; Rat; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOXORUBICIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; ONION EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROPONIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTI APOPTOTIC EFFECT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HEART; HEART DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ONIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ALLIUM CEPA; RATTUS;

EID: 84873059182     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1738     Document Type: Article

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