Ascorbic acid is superior to silymarin in the recovery of ethanol-induced inflammatory reactions in hepatocytes of guinea pigs

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 785-798

  Abhilash, P A ^a   Harikrishnan, R ^a   Indira, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Collagen; Guinea pigs; Hepatocytes; Oxidative stress; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILYMARIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTINS; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIGS; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SILYMARIN; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84888395743     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0255-6     Document Type: Article

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