Carnosine and taurine treatments decreased oxidative stress and tissue damage induced by d-galactose in rat liver

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-25

  Kalaz, Esra Betül ^a   Çoban, Jale ^b   Aydin, A Fatih ^a   Doǧan Ekici, Işin ^b   Doǧru Abbasoǧlu, Semra ^a   Öztezcan, Serdar ^b   Uysal, Müjdat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Galactose; Oxidative stress; Rat liver; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARNOSINE; GALACTOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL LIVER INJURY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARNOSINE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GALACTOSE; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE;

EID: 84896394399     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0275-2     Document Type: Article

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