18-β Glycyrrhetinic acid alleviates 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats: Role in hyperproliferation, inflammation and oxidative stress

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 628-641

  Hasan, S K ^a   Khan, R ^a   Ali, N ^a   Khan, A Q ^a   Rehman, M U ^a   Tahir, M ^a   Lateef, A ^a   Nafees, S ^a   Mehdi, S J ^a   Rashid, S ^a   Shahid, A ^a   Sultana, S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

18 GA; 2 AAF; Hepatotoxicity; inflammation; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PTGS2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPROLIFERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CATALASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS, WISTAR; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84930438055     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327114554045     Document Type: Article

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