In vitro pro-oxidant/antioxidant role of carvacrol, thymol and their mixture in the intestinal Caco-2 cell line

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 647-656

  Llana Ruiz Cabello, María ^a   Gutiérrez Praena, Daniel ^a   Puerto, María ^a   Pichardo, Silvia ^a   Jos, Ángeles ^a   Cameán, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Caco 2; Carvacrol; Oregano; Oxidative stress; Thymol

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ASCORBIC ACID; CARVACROL; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMOL; 2,2'-AZINO-DI-(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE)-6-SULFONIC ACID; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PICRIC ACID; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; FOOD PACKAGING; METABOLISM;

ORIGANUM;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CACO-2 CELLS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOTERPENES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PICRATES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SULFONIC ACIDS; THYMOL;

EID: 84924101509     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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