Renoprotective effect of the antioxidant curcumin: Recent findings

Redox Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 448-456

  Trujillo, Joyce ^a   Chirino, Yolanda Irasema ^b   Molina Jijón, Eduardo ^c   Andérica Romero, Ana Cristina ^a   Tapia, Edilia ^d   Pedraza Chaverrí, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bifunctional antioxidant; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Nephrotoxicity; Nrf2; Oxidative stress; Renal hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CISPLATIN; CURCUMIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FOOD ADDITIVE; GENTAMICIN; HEAVY METAL; LIOTHYRONINE; NITRILOTRIACETATE IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANOREXIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COUGHING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CURCUMA LONGA; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALARIA; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; OVARY CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL PROTECTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SNAKEBITE; SPRAIN; SWELLING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

CURCUMA LONGA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CURCUMIN; HUMANS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84884776136     PISSN: 22132317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2013.09.003     Document Type: Review

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