Evaluation of diazinon-induced hepatotoxicity and protective effects of crocin

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 367-376

  Lari, Parisa ^a   Abnous, Khalil ^b   Imenshahidi, Mohsen ^a   Rashedinia, Marzieh ^a   Razavi, Marjan ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; caspase 3; caspase 9; Crocin; Crocus sativus; DZN; hepatotoxicity; malondialdehyde; saffron; subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; CASPASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CROCIN; DIMPYLATE; INSECTICIDE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CORN OIL; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAX BCL 2 RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CAROTENOIDS; CASPASES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DIAZINON; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; INSECTICIDES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925875616     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233713475519     Document Type: Article

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