The effect of ellagic acid on spinal cord and sciatica function in a mice model of multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:Nitrofurantoin (N-(5-nitro-2-furfurylidine) 1-amino-hydantoine; NIT) is mainly used for the treatment of acute urinary tract infections. However, its administration can be associated with liver failure or cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to determine whether NIT is a mitochondrial toxicant, if so, what mechanism(s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Omidi M,Niknahad H,Mohammadi-Bardbori A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we aimed to investigate the carcinogenic effects of apolipoprotein C1 (APOC1) in prostate cancer (PCa). APOC1 expression was evaluated in PCa and normal prostate specimens, and lentivirus-mediated RNA interference was used to knockdown APOC1 in DU145 cells. The effects of APOC1 silencing on cell proliferation, c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Su WP,Sun LN,Yang SL,Zhao H,Zeng TY,Wu WZ,Wang D

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on some drug-metabolizing and antioxidant systems in liver, lung, and stomach were investigated in normal and protein malnutrition (PM) rats. PM significantly inhibited tissue glutathione (GSH) content and increased hepatic lipid peroxidation. Cytochrome P450 isoform CYP1A1 was si...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Badary OA,AbdEl-Gawad HM,Taha RA,Ali AA,Hamada FM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A countermeasure that protects the brain from organophosphate toxicity is an unmet need. Few small molecule reactivators that can cross the blood brain barrier and reactivate brain acetyl cholinesterases have been reported. Herein, we describe preclinical investigations of a new class of amidine-oxime reactivator of c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Okolotowicz KJ,Dwyer M,Smith E,Cashman JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread opinion that N(2)O(3) as a product of NO oxidation is the only nitros(yl)ating agent under aerobic conditions is based on experiments in homogeneous buffered water solutions. In vivo NO is oxidized in heterogeneous media and this opinion is not correct. The equilibrium in the system being dependent on t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Nedospasov AA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper toxicity is associated with formation of reactive oxygen species, which are capable to oxidize proteins. The selective removal of the latter by the 20S proteasome is considered an essential part of the cell antioxidant defense system. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether peptidase activities ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Alexandrova A,Petrov L,Georgieva A,Kessiova M,Tzvetanova E,Kirkova M,Kukan M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work to determine the effects of metals exposure of Oreochromis niloticus on erythrocyte antioxidant systems, fish were exposed to 5.0 mg/L Zn, 1.0 mg/L Cd, and 5.0 mg/L Zn + 1.0 mg/L Cd mixtures for 7 and 14 days and reduced glutathione (GSH) level, catalase (CAT), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Firat O,Kargin F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of astaxanthin (AST) that belongs to carotenoid family and cadmium (Cd), which is an important heavy metal, on rat erythrocyte G6PD, 6PGD, GR, and TrxR enzyme activities in vivo and on rat erythrocyte 6PGD enzyme activity in vitro were studied. In in vitro studies, 6PGD enzyme was purified f...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Bayramoğlu Akkoyun M,Bengü AŞ,Temel Y,Akkoyun HT,Ekin S,Ciftci M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative shock and production of reactive oxygen species are known to play a major role in situations leading to neuron degeneration, but the precise mechanisms responsible for cell degeneration remain uncertain. In the present article, we have studied in PC 12 cells the effect of cumene hydroxyperoxide on both cell ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Vimard F,Saucet M,Nicole O,Feuilloley M,Duval D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic implications of tamoxifen (TAM) used as preventive therapy of young premenopausal women with high risk of breast cancer is unknown. To unravel this problem, an animal model of long-term TAM administration to cycling young adult female rats was used to evaluate its effects in the liver. Body weight and fo...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Resende AD,Leal S,Batista-Pinto C,Garcez F,Sá SI

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the antigenotoxic potential of two newly synthesized β-aminoketones against N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and 9-aminoacridine (9-AA)-induced mutagenesis. The mutant bacterial tester strains were MNNG-sensitive Escherichia coli WP2 uvrA and 9-AA-sensitive Salmonella ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ozturkcan SA,Turhan K,Turgut Z,Karadayi M,Gulluce M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-2 toxin and Ochratoxin A (OTA) are toxic secondary metabolites produced by various fungi, and together they contaminate feedstuffs worldwide. T-2 toxin and OTA may exert carcinogenic action in rodent. Despite the various in vivo experiments, carcinogenicity of these two mycotoxins has not yet been proven for human. ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Abassi H,Ayed-Boussema I,Shirley S,Abid S,Bacha H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimizing the adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents remains a therapeutic challenge. Cisplatin (CP) induces hepatotoxicity through activation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis cascades which is considered a significant drawback. Thus, this study aimed to highlight the possible hepatoprotective rol...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sherif IO

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated as by-product of cellular respiration and also due to the exposure of various xenobiotics, whereas mitochondrial electron transport chain is considered as the main source of ROS generation. The sequential addition to molecular oxygen gives rise to various forms of ROS like s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Majumder D,Nath P,Debnath R,Maiti D

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of the herbicide thiobencarb on the growth, photosynthetic activity, and expression profile of photosynthesis-related proteins in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Growth rate was suppressed by 50% at a thiobencarb concentration of 1.26 mg/L. Growth and photosystem II activity (Fv...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Shimasaki Y,Tsuyama M,Tasmin R,Qiu X,Shimizu M,Sato Y,Yamasaki Y,Kato-Unoki Y,Nukata A,Nakashima T,Ichinose H,Wariishi H,Honjo T,Oshima Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative influence of copper on the interaction between cytochrome c and sulfite, which is a derivate of sulfur dioxide in the human body, has been studied by fluorescence spectrometry and ultraviolet absorption spectrometry in vitro. The results indicate that copper may intensely combine with protein componen...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Wang J,Guo D,Yuan X

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoform CYP2C11 is specifically expressed in the liver of adult male rats, and 5alpha-reductase is specifically expressed in the liver of the adult female rats. The sexually dimorphic expressions of these hepatic enzymes are regulated by the sex-dependent profiles of the circulating growth ho...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ishizuka M,Yonemoto J,Zaha H,Tohyama C,Sone H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schisandrin A (SchA) has been reported as a multidrug resistance-reversing agent; however, its antitumor effects have been rarely reported. Consequently, we attempted to explore whether SchA per se possesses an antitumor property in choriocarcinoma JEG-3 and BeWo cells and its potential mechanisms. JEG-3, BeWo, and HT...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ji L,Ma L

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experiment was performed to evaluate the possible embryotoxic and teratogenic effects of doxycycline during rat development. Twenty-one female rats were used and distributed into three groups equally (seven animals/group). The low dose group received doxycycline at a dose of 5 mg/kg bw/day orally from the 6th to ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Abd-Allah ER,Abd El-Rahman HA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the possible protective effects of thymoquinone (TQ), the main constituent of the volatile oil of black seed (Nigella sativa), against cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced cardiotoxicity. Adult male Wistar albino rats were divided into four treatment groups. Rats in the first group were served as control....

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Nagi MN,Al-Shabanah OA,Hafez MM,Sayed-Ahmed MM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health impacts of airborne particulate matter (PM) are of global concern, and the direct implications to the development/exacerbation of lung disease are immediately obvious. Most studies to date have sought to understand mechanisms associated with PM exposure in adults/adult animal models; however, infants are al...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Saravia J,Lee GI,Lomnicki S,Dellinger B,Cormier SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a serious worldwide metabolic disease, which is accompanied by hyperglycaemia and affects all organs and body system. Zinc (Zn) is a basic cofactor for many enzymes, which also plays an important role in stabilising the structure of insulin. Liver is the most important target organ after pancreas ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sacan O,Turkyilmaz IB,Bayrak BB,Mutlu O,Akev N,Yanardag R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 2-(2-nitrovinyl)furan on the redox status of male rat liver and kidney was evaluated. Twenty male rats were randomized into four groups; group A received olive oil and groups B, C, and D rats received 12.5, 25, and 50 mg/kg bodyweight of 2-(2-nitrovinyl)furan intraperitoneally, daily at 24 h interval, re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ajiboye TO,Alabi KA,Ariyo FA,Adeleye AO,Ojewuyi OB,Balogun A,Sunmonu TO

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive exposure to Copper (Cu) may result in Cu toxicity and adversely affect health outcomes. We investigated the protective role of rutin on Cu-induced brain damage. Experimental rats were treated as follows: group I: control; group II: Cu-sulfate: 200 mg/kg; group III: Cu-sulfate, and rutin 100 mg/kg; and group ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Arowoogun J,Akanni OO,Adefisan AO,Owumi SE,Tijani AS,Adaramoye OA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrin-1 has been found to protect kidneys from ischemia/reperfusion injury. In this study, we aimed to address whether the protective effects were mediated through suppression of oxidative stress and neuropeptide Y. Compared to sham-operated animals, animals after ischemia/reperfusion showed marked kidney damage and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Liu L,Xie S,Liao X,Zhang L,Zhong L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to investigate the protective effect of quercetin against Aroclor-1254-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Male Wistar rats were grouped into Group I control received vehicle (corn oil; 1 mL/kg bwt); Group II quercetin alone (50 mg/kg bwt/day orally); Group III Aroclor-1254 (2 mg/kg bwt/day intraper...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sekaran S,Kandaswamy S,Gunasekaran K,Perumal E,Afsar Basha FY,Madhan Mohan BJ,Jagadeesan A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase is an essential enzyme in all organisms and functions in the heme biosynthetic pathway, catalyzing the decarboxylation of the four acetate groups of uroporphyrinogen to form coproporphyrinogen. This work examines whether the four sequential decarboxylations occur at the same active site,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Chaufan G,Corvi MM,San Martín de Viale LC,Cárdenas ML,Ríos de Molina Mdel C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant properties of 1,2,3,4-tetra-hydrocarbazole, 6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocar-bazole (MTC), 2,3-dimethylindole, 5-methoxy-2,3-dimethylindole, and indole were investigated in the case of hemolysis of human erythrocytes and oxidative damage of DNA induced by 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane hydrochloride) (AAP...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Zhao F,Liu ZQ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allyl alcohol hepatotoxicity is mediated by an alcohol dehydrogenase-derived biotranformation product, acrolein. This highly reactive alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde readily alkylates model proteins in vitro, forming, among other products, Michael addition adducts that possess a free carbonyl group. Whether such damag...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Burcham PC,Fontaine F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited research has been performed on S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) or homocysteine (Hcy)-evoked cell damage in hepatic and neuronal cells. In this study, we assessed effects of SAH or Hcy on cell cytotoxicity and DNA damage in hepatic and neuronal cells and attempted to find the underlying mechanism. Cell cytotoxicit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Liu CC,Ho WY,Leu KL,Tsai HM,Yang TH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00