Protective effects of melatonin against oxidative damage induced by Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) crude venom in rats

Acta Tropica

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-65

  Abdel Moneim, Ahmed E ^a   Ortiz, Francisco ^b   Leonardo Mendonça, Roberto C ^b   Vergano Villodres, Roberto ^b   Guerrero Martínez, Jose Antonio ^b   López, Luis C ^b,c   Acuña Castroviejo, Darío ^b,c,d   Escames, Germaine ^b,c  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Melatonin; Naja haje venom; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SNAKE VENOM; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROLYASE; LACTATE DEHYDRATASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS; HORMONE; RODENT; VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; HEAT INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NAJA; NAJA HAJE; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELAPIDAE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; NITROSATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE BITES; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; NAJA HAJE; NAJA HAJE HAJE; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COBRA VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEART; HYDRO-LYASES; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROSATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 84920885491     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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