Huperzine A ameliorates damage induced by acute myocardial infarction in rats through antioxidant, anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory mechanisms

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 227-233

  Sui, Xizhong ^a   Gao, Changqing ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Anti apoptotic; Anti inflammatory; Antioxidant; Cardioprotection; Huperzine A

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUPERZINE A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CREATINE KINASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; SESQUITERPENES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84892683352     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1546     Document Type: Article

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