Carvacrol ameliorates thioacetamide-induced hepatotoxicity by abrogation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in liver of Wistar rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1292-1304

  Nafees, S ^a   Ahmad, S T ^a   Arjumand, W ^a   Rashid, S ^a   Ali, N ^a   Sultana, S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carvacrol; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARVACROL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; THIOACETAMIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

APOPTOSIS; CARVACROL; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; THIOACETAMIDE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INFLAMMATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MONOTERPENES; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOACETAMIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84889065002     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113499047     Document Type: Article

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