Hepatoprotective effect of methylsulfonylmethane against carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in rats

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1140-1148

  Kamel, Rehab ^a   El Morsy, Engy M ^a  

^a Helwan   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CCl4; Cytokines; Methylsulfonylmethane; Oxidative stress; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; DIMETHYL SULFONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; CYTOKINES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFONES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84884206319     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-013-0110-x     Document Type: Article

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