Protective effects of rooibos (aspalathus linearis) and/or red palm oil (elaeis guineensis) supplementation on tert -butyl hydroperoxide-induced oxidative hepatotoxicity in wistar rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ajuwon, Olawale R ^a   Katengua Thamahane, Emma ^a   Van Rooyen, Jacques ^a   Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi O ^a   Marnewick, Jeanine L ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PALM OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE HEPATOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 84877291595     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/984273     Document Type: Article

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