The protective effects of carnosine in alcohol-induced hepatic injury in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-32

  Baykara, B ^a   Mıcılı, S Cilaker ^a   Tugyan, K ^a   Tekmen, I ^a   Bagriyanik, Ha ^a   Sonmez, U ^a   Sonmez, A ^a   Oktay, G ^a   Yener, N ^a   Ozbal, S ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

alcohol; apoptosis; Carnosine; electron microscopy; liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARNOSINE; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER STRUCTURE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ALCOHOL; APOPTOSIS; CARNOSINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIVER;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARNOSINE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84893612552     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712446722     Document Type: Article

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