Preventive efficacy of hydroalcoholic extract of Cymbopogon citratus against radiation-induced DNA damage on V79 cells and free radical scavenging ability against radicals generated in vitro.

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the protective effects of Juglans regia kernel extract against cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced lung toxicities in Wistar rats. Prophylactic treatment of methanolic extract of J. regia kernel at the doses of 50 mg/kg b.wt. and 100 mg/kg b.wt was given by gavage to Wistar...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Qamar W,Sultana S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver nanoparticles are used in many commercial products in daily life. Exposure to nanosilver has hepatotoxic effects in animals. This study investigated the cytotoxicity associated with polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated nanosilver (23.44 ± 4.92 nm in diameter) exposure in the human hepatoma cell line (HepG2) and normal h...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Xue Y,Wang J,Huang Y,Gao X,Kong L,Zhang T,Tang M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of xenobiotics require redox reactions to form the reactive intermediates involved in the ultimate toxic events (e.g., adduct formation). The same mechanisms lead to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can themselves exert direct toxicity including, e.g., DNA oxidative damage or glutathione ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Pagano G

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of moderate lead exposure on testicular endocrine function were evaluated in a group of 90 males who were occupationally exposed to inorganic lead. Lead concentrations in blood and bone were measured as indices of short-term and long-term, cumulative exposure, respectively. The results of this study show t...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： McGregor AJ,Mason HJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is an antifertility agent that acts both as an epididymal toxicant and an agent capable of directly affecting sperm motility. This study identified the time course of apoptotic cell death in rat epididymides after ECH treatment. Rats were administrated with a single oral dose of ECH (50 mg/kg). E...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Lee IC,Kim KH,Kim SH,Baek HS,Moon C,Kim SH,Yun WK,Nam KH,Kim HC,Kim JC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diallyl sulfide, a sulfur-containing volatile compound present in garlic (Allium sativum), exerts anticarcinogenic activity in various rodent tumor models. In the present study, apoptosis-inhibiting effects of diallyl sulfide against a carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 7,12-dimethyl benz(a)anthracene (DMBA...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Prasad S,Kalra N,Srivastava S,Shukla Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cot mattress covers from SIDS cases were investigated as potential sources of soluble (potentially ingestable) antimony in the cot environment. 2. Body fluids (urine, saliva) and proprietary domestic detergents/sterilizing fluids markedly enhanced leaching of antimony from PVC. Release of a...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Jenkins RO,Craig PJ,Goessler W,Irgolic KJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1980s, villages in the Kurdistan region of Iraq were exposed to chemical weapons (CWs), which killed and injured thousands of civilians. There has been no clinical assessment of the long-term effects of CWs exposure on those injured. We report the first such evaluation of CW effects on long-term health of child...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Talabani JM,Ali AI,Kadir AM,Rashid R,Samin F,Greenwood D,Hay A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease with high morbidity and mortality. miR-182-5p is overexpressed in several fibrosis-related diseases but its effect in pulmonary fibrosis has not been reported yet. To investigate the function of miR-182-5p in pulmonary fibrosis, we establish...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Chen Y,Zhang Q,Zhou Y,Yang Z,Tan M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the systemic inflammatory response (SIR) and the multi-organ damage after large-volume liver radiofrequency ablation (RFA) with or without concurrent Pringle maneuver. METHODS:Wistar rats were subjected to 30% liver RFA (group RFA), liver RFA under 30-min Pringle maneuver (group RFA + P), Pringle only (g...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Ypsilantis P,Lambropoulou M,Anagnostopoulos C,Tsigalou C,Vasiliadis C,Kortsaris A,Papadopoulos N,Simopoulos C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diphenhydramine (DPHM) overdose is a frequent cause of acute poisoning. Although its clinical features are well known, information about the dose-dependent toxicity of DPHM is still scarce. The objective of this study was to investigate the dose-dependent toxicity of DPHM in patients with acute DPHM poisonin...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Radovanovic D,Meier PJ,Guirguis M,Lorent JP,Kupferschmidt H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenously produced gaseous messenger that participates in regulation of cardiovascular functions. This study evaluates the possible protective effect of H2S in cardiovascular dysfunction induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in rats. After 24 h of induction of CLP, heart rate (HR...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Abdelrahman RS,El-Awady MS,Nader MA,Ammar EM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puerarin, a potent free radicals scavenger, has been demonstrated to have protective efficacy in oxidative damage induced by nephrotoxins. In the present study, the attenuating effect of puerarin (PU) on lead (Pb)-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress was investigated in cultured primary rat proximal tubular (rPT) ce...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Liu G,Li Z,Wang J,Wang H,Wang Z,Wang L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymer-doxorubicin (PK1) is a novel polymeric anticancer agent containing doxorubicin (approximately 8 wt%) bound to the polymer backbone via a Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly peptidyl linker. The approximate LD50 of PK1 in MF1 mice after a single i.v. injection was 63 mg/kg (doxorubicin-eq...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Duncan R,Coatsworth JK,Burtles S

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was done to find out whether subacute exposure to supercypermethrin forte (SCM) affected cellular and humoral immunity. Groups of 10 male Wistar rats were given SCM by gavage for 28 days at 12.5 mg kg-1 day-1 (1/14 LD50), 8.75 mg kg-1 day-1 (1/20 LD50) and 4.38 mg kg-1 day-1 (1/40 LD50) and the response of s...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Tulinská J,Kubová J,Janota S,Nyulassy S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sibutramine mesylate is a new anti-obesity drug. It is a crystalline salt of sibutramine developed to improve the solubility of sibutramine hydrochloride. Methanesulfonic acid was used as a salt-forming acid instead of hydrochloric acid, resulting in a greatly improved solubility of 1000 mg/mL in water. Sibutramine me...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Kim EJ,Park EK,Suh KH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has an important role in the pathophysiology of many occupational diseases. In this controlled exposure study, the intensity of oxidative stress biomarkers was assessed in the workers of natural sweet and sour gas refineries (SwGR and SoGR, respectively) and compared with controls. In addition, the ro...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Mandegary A,Sezavar M,Saeedi A,Amirheidari B,Naghibi B

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study, rats were exposed to sarin vapors for 240 min at four different concentrations (0.30, 0.43, 0.58 and 0.82 microg/L) in a whole-body inhalation chamber. The acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) was measured in the whole blood, frontal cortex (FC), pontomedullar area (PM) and basal ganglia (BG)...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Bartosova-Sevelova L,Bajgar J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HCH isomers, endosulfan, malathion, chlorpyrifos, and methyl-parathion were monitored in human milk samples from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The endosulfan concentrations were highest and exceeded the sigma-HCH, chlorpyrifos, and malathion concentrations by 3.5-, 1.5-, and 8.4-fold, respectively. Through breast milk, infa...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Sanghi R,Pillai MK,Jayalekshmi TR,Nair A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulphur is an essential micronutrient required by the body in low concentrations, but its high intake can lead to a serious health hazard. Sulphur compounds are reported to induce several toxic responses in animals, but so far no reports are available on the toxic effects of elemental sulphur, following dietary supple...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Arora A,Shukla Y

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Human volunteer studies are an essential part of drug development but their use in the area of non-pharmaceutical chemicals has so far been very limited. Such studies can have considerable value in the assessment and improvement of the safe use of chemicals. 2. Once metabolic pathways and target metabolites have be...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Wilks MF,Woollen BH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes two accidents, involving snakes of the Micrurus corallinus species, where compromising respiratory function was not observed and the specific anti-elapidic serum was the single therapy used, and a third incident, probably involving Micrurus frontalis, where neostigmine was used to remedy respirat...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Coelho LK,Silva E,Espositto C,Zanin M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the pituitary-testicular axis in a well-characterized population which was occupationally exposed to mercury vapour. Thyroid stimulating hormone and prolactin were also measured as indices of thyroid and pituitary endocrine function. We found no relation between blood or urine mercury levels or le...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： McGregor AJ,Mason HJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the safety of azelaic acid (AA) and its derivatives in nanovesicles for pharmaceutical and cosmetic uses. The hydrophilic property of AA was modified by complexing AA with hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (AACD). The lipophilic property of AA was improved to diethyl azelate (DA) b...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Panyosak A,Manosroi J,Rojanasakul Y,Manosroi A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Multiple low doses of the direct acting organophosphates, ecothiopate, paraoxon and mipafox produced persistent and additive inhibition of diaphragm acetylcholinesterase. Paraoxon and mipafox had similar effects on brain acetylcholinesterase. There was greater recovery from inhibition between doses for paraoxon and...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Williams FM,Charlton C,de Blaquière GE,Mutch E,Kelly SS,Blain PG

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report highlights a rare presentation of vitamin B(12) deficiency (concurrent psychotic disorder, seizures and hypertension). A 16-year-old girl presented with nervousness that had been persisting for 2 weeks. She had stopped eating and there was decreased self-care and she could not walk and sleep. Two days prio...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Dogan M,Ariyuca S,Peker E,Akbayram S,Dogan ŞZ,Ozdemir O,Cesur Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of functional endometrial tissue in other pelvic organs. This gynecologic problem occurs in 35-50% of women with pain and infertility. Endometriotic cells share some characteristics such as proliferation, migration, and invasion with tumor cells. Pyrvinium pamoate, an ant...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Karamian A,Nazarian H,Ziai SA,Zarnani AH,Salehpour S,Paktinat S,Novin MG

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Dettol liquid (chloroxylenol 4.8%, pine oil, isopropyl alcohol), a household disinfectant, has a corrosive action on the gastrointestinal mucosa when swallowed. The incidence of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and gastroscopic findings following Dettol poisoning was studied in 89 patients. 2. Five patients (5.6%...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Chan TY,Sung JJ,Critchley JA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A single dose of monocrotaline, a pyrrolizidine alkaloid, was injected into rats in order to produce 25 (Group I) and 45 (Group II) days later a progressive and so called delayed liver injury. The present study investigated the prostanoid production of Kupffer cells and endothelial cells separated from Monoc...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Lemberg A,Calabrese G,Majowicz M,Peredo H,Scorticati C,Filinger E,Perazzo JC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has promoted Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) since the mid 1970s. This paper describes the development of the concept through international harmonisation, Quality Assurance (QA), and compliance monitoring. Ultimately this process permits Mutual Acceptance...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Turnheim D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00