Attenuation of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis by ethanolic and aqueous extracts of crocus sativus l. Stigma after chronic constriction injury of rats

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1821-1832

  Amin, Bahareh ^a   Abnous, Khalil ^b   Motamedshariaty, Vahideh ^c   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^c  

^a SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chronic constriction injury; Crocus sativus; Inflammatory cytokines; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS;

AUTACOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; DRUG EFFECTS; LIGATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEURALGIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CONSTRICTION; CROCUS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; NEURALGIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84920950210     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201420140067     Document Type: Article

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