Attenuation of gentamycin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats by dietary inclusion of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-218

  Ademiluyi, Adedayo O ^a   Oboh, Ganiyu ^a   Ogunsuyi, Opeyemi B ^a   Akinyemi, Ayodele J ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Curcuma longa; gentamycin; Ginger; nephrotoxicity; oxidative stress; turmeric; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GENTAMICIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TURMERIC;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; GINGER; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NIGERIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

CURCUMA LONGA; GENTAMYCIN; GINGER; NEPHROTOXICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TURMERIC; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CURCUMA; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENTAMICINS; GINGER; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NIGERIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84905178923     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: 2047945X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0260106013506668     Document Type: Article

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