Biochemical responses and mitochondrial mediated activation of apoptosis on long-term effect of aspartame in rat brain

Redox Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 820-831

  Ashok, Iyaswamy ^a   Sheeladevi, Rathinasamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Aspartame; Free radical; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METHANOL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL; METHOTREXATE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAX GENE; BCL 2 GENE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CASPASE 3 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN HISTOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PROTO ONCOGENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTAME; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84903135887     PISSN: 22132317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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