Hepatoprotective effect of carob against acute ethanol-induced oxidative stress in rat

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 802-810

  Souli, Abdelaziz ^a,b   Sebai, Hichem ^a,c   Chehimi, Latifa ^c   Rtibi, Kaïs ^a,b   Tounsi, Haifa ^d   Boubaker, Samir ^d   Sakly, Mohsen ^c   el Benna, Jamel ^e   Amri, Mohamed ^b  

^a University of Jendouba   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

Author keywords

Carob; EtOH; iron; liver; oxidative stress; rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALGAROBA; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GALACTAN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MANNAN; PLANT GUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; IRON; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL LIVER INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CATALASE; ETHANOL; GALACTANS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MANNANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GUMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84940741683     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233713475506     Document Type: Article

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