β-Sitosterol protects against carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity but not gentamicin nephrotoxicity in rats via the induction of mitochondrial glutathione redox cycling

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 17649-17662

  Wong, Hoi Shan ^a   Chen, Ji Hang ^a   Leong, Pou Kuan ^a   Leung, Hoi Yan ^a   Chan, Wing Man ^a   Ko, Kam Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity; Cistanches herba; Gentamicin nephrotoxicity; Glutathione redox cycling; Mitochondria; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GAMMA-SITOSTEROL; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; OXIDIZING AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SITOSTEROLS;

EID: 84912544516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules191117649     Document Type: Article

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