Preventive effect of safranal against oxidative damage in aged male rat brain

Experimental Animals

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-71

  Samarghandian, Saeed ^a   Nezhad, Mohsen ^b   Samini, Fariborz ^b  

^a NEYSHABUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aged; Brain; Oxidative damage; Safranal

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SAFRANAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; LIPID PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TERPENE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; CYCLOHEXENES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERPENES;

EID: 84922236256     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.14-0027     Document Type: Article

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