Common onion (Allium cepa) extract reverses cadmium-induced organ toxicity and dyslipidaemia via redox alteration in rats

Pathophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-274

  Ige, S F ^a   Akhigbe, R E ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Cadmium; Dyslipidaemia; Hemorheology; Oxidative stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ONION EXTRACT; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADMIUM POISONING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 84888437732     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: 1873149X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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