Thymoquinone attenuates toxicity and oxidative stress induced by bisphenol a in liver of male rats

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1152-1160

  Abdel Wahab, Wessam Mohamad ^a,b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Hepatotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Rats; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL PROTECTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BENZOQUINONES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907221205     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2014.1152.1160     Document Type: Article

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