Prophylactic neuroprotective efficiency of co-administration of Ginkgo biloba and Trifolium pretense against sodium arsenite-induced neurotoxicity and dementia in different regions of brain and spinal cord of rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 112-127

  Abdou, Heba M ^a   Yousef, Mokhtar I ^b   El Mekkawy, Desouki A ^a   Al Shami, Ahmed S ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Different parts of brain; Fluorescent and scanning electron microscopy examinations; Histopathology; Monoamine oxidase and ATPases activities; Sodium arsenite; TNF expression

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ARSENITE SODIUM; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIFOLIUM PRETENSE EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLOVER; DRUG EFFECTS; GINKGO BILOBA; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; BRAIN; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPINAL CORD; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84973441973     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.05.015     Document Type: Article

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