Propolis alleviates 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced histological changes, oxidative stress and DNA damage in rat liver

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 677-685

  Türkez, Hasan ^a   Geyikoğlu, Fatime ^b   Yousef, Mokhtar I ^c   Toğar, Basak ^b   Vançelik, Serhat ^d  

^a ERZURUM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DNA; enzymes; histopathology; micronucleus; propolis; TCDD

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS; PROPOLIS; TCDD;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPOLIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALCOHOL; ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ESTER; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

EID: 84883582843     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712440139     Document Type: Article

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