Carvacrol protects against acute myocardial infarction of rats via anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic pathways

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 579-584

  Yu, Wei ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Zhu, Sujuan ^a  

^a People's Hospital of Zhangqiu City   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Anti apoptotic; Anti oxidative; Cardioprotection; Carvacrol

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CASPASE 3; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIAPOPTOTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART PROTECTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CASPASE 3; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MONOTERPENES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84876930966     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00948     Document Type: Article

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