Ameliorative effects of thyme and calendula extracts alone or in combination against aflatoxins-induced oxidative stress and genotoxicity in rat liver

Cytotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 457-470

  Abdel Aziem, Sekena H ^a   Hassan, Aziza M ^a,b   El Denshary, Ezzeldein S ^c,d   Hamzawy, Mohamed A ^d   Mannaa, Fathia A ^a   Abdel Wahhab, Mosaad A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Misr University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Calendula; Gene expression; Liver; sqRT PCR; Thyme

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CALENDULA EXTRACT; DNA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; THYME EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOWER; GENE; GENE BAX; GENE BCL 2; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE P53; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; THYME;

EID: 84898844613     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-013-9598-7     Document Type: Article

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