Pomegranate extract protects against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury and preserves brain DNA integrity in rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-69

  Ahmed, Maha A E ^a   El Morsy, Engy M ^b   Ahmed, Amany A E ^b  

^a Misr University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

^b Ein Helwan   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ATP; Caspase 3; Cerebral ischemia reperfusion; Comet assay; GPX; GRD; IL 10; MDA; NF B p65; Pomegranate extract; SOD; TNF

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CASPASE 3; DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; MALONALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GPX; GRD; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NF-ΚB P65; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOD; TNF-Α;

LYTHRACEAE; RATTUS;

ATP; CASPASE-3; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION; COMET ASSAY; GPX; GRD; IL-10; MDA; NF-ΚB P65; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SOD; TNF-Α;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASPASE 3; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NF-KAPPA B; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE; RATS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84907285420     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.06.023     Document Type: Article

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