Filipendula ulmaria extracts attenuate cisplatin-induced liver and kidney oxidative stress in rats: In vivo investigation and LC-MS analysis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 86-102

  Katanić, Jelena ^a   Matić, Sanja ^a   Pferschy Wenzig, Eva Maria ^b   Kretschmer, Nadine ^b   Boroja, Tatjana ^a   Mihailović, Vladimir ^a   Stanković, Vesna ^a   Stanković, Nevena ^a   Mladenović, Milan ^a   Stanić, Snežana ^a   Mihailović, Mirjana ^c   Bauer, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Cytotoxicity; Filipendula ulmaria; Genotoxicity; LC DAD MSn analysis; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FILIPENDULA ULMARIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FILIPENDULA ULMARIA; GENOTOXICITY; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; FILIPENDULA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CISPLATIN; DNA DAMAGE; FILIPENDULA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 85002157867     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.11.018     Document Type: Article

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