Hepatoprotective potential of astaxanthin against 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in cultured rat hepatocytes

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-112

  Turkez, Hasan ^a   Geyikoglu, Fatime ^b   Yousef, Mokhtar I ^c   Togar, Basak ^b   Gürbüz, Hasan ^b   Celik, Kubra ^b   Akbaba, Giray B ^b   Polat, Zuhal ^b  

^a ERZURUM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

astaxanthin; cell viability; cultured rat hepatocytes; genotoxicity; oxidative status; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ASTAXANTHIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ASTAXANTHIN; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURED RAT HEPATOCYTES; GENOTOXICITY; OXIDATIVE STATUS; TCDD;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEPATOCYTES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84896809717     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712452607     Document Type: Article

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