Thymoquinone and curcumin prevent gentamicin-induced liver injury by attenuating oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 823-832

  Galaly, S R ^a   Ahmed, Osama M ^a   Mahmoud, A M ^a  

^a BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Curcumin; Gentamicin; Inflammation; Liver; Oxidative stress; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASPASE 3; CURCUMIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMOQUINONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BAX PROTEIN, RAT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BENZOQUINONES; CASPASE 3; CURCUMIN; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GENTAMICINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84920038400     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: 18991505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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