Open AccessIntraperitoneal administration of apigenin in liver ischemia/reperfusion injury protective effects
Author(s) -
Alexandra Tsaroucha,
Anastasia Tsiaousidou,
Nikolaos Ouzounidis,
Evanthia Tsalkidou,
María Lambropoulou,
Dimitrios Giakoustidis,
Εkaterini Chatzaki,
Constantinos Simopoulos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.195556
Subject(s) - apigenin , medicine , reperfusion injury , dimethyl sulfoxide , ischemia , gastroenterology , pharmacology , endocrinology , analysis of variance , anesthesia , biochemistry , chemistry , flavonoid , antioxidant , organic chemistry
Hepatic injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is a clinical problem associated with major liver surgery. Among other flavonoids, apigenin has shown a promising effect on I/R cases. In this study, we have investigated the effects of apigenin after liver I/R injury in rats.