Hepatoprotective effect of germanium-containing Spirulina in rats with d-galactosamine-and lipopolysaccharide-induced hepatitis

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-140

  Yoshinari, Orie ^a,b   Shiojima, Yoshiaki ^b   Igarashi, Kiharu ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ryusendo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; d Galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide; Germanium containing Spirulina; Liver injury

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GALACTOSAMINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GERMANIUM; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMANIUM CONTAINING SPIRULINA; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPIRULINA; TOXIC HEPATITIS; WISTAR RAT; BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; LIVER LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SPIRULINA;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CATALASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GALACTOSAMINE; GERMANIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEPATITIS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIRULINA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84891832351     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513001943     Document Type: Article

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