Carthamus red from Carthamus tinctorius L. exerts antioxidant and hepatoprotective effect against CCl4-induced liver damage in rats via the Nrf2 pathway

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 570-578

  Wu, Shuangchan ^a   Yue, Yuan ^a   Tian, Hui ^a   Li, Zhike ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a   He, Wei ^a   Ding, Hong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity Carthamus tinctorius L. Carthamus red Hepatoprotective effect Nrf2

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; PROTEIN; SAFFLOWER EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER SLICE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SAFFLOWER;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILYMARIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; UP-REGULATION;

CARTHAMUS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84879411204     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.04.054     Document Type: Article

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