Chitosan nanoparticles and quercetin modulate gene expression and prevent the genotoxicity of aflatoxin B1 in rat liver

Toxicology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 737-747

  Abdel Wahhab, Mosaad A ^a   Aljawish, Abdulhadi ^b   El Nekeety, Aziza A ^a   Abdel Aiezm, Sekena H ^a   Abdel Kader, Heba A M ^a   Rihn, Bertrand H ^c   Joubert, Olivier ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Chitosan nanoparticles; Gene expression; Genotoxicity; Liver; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; NITRIC OXIDE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE; QUERCETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84930675111     PISSN: 22147500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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