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ArticleAfrican health sciences2020

Pumpkin seed oil alleviates oxidative stress and liver damage induced by sodium nitrate in adult rats: biochemical and histological approach.

Meriem Rouag, Salma Berrouague, Nesrine Djaber, Taha Khaldi, Mahieddine Boumendjel, Faiza Taibi, Cherif Abdennour, Amel Boumendjel, Mahfoud Messarah

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Article in African health sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meriem RouagLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Salma BerrouagueLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Nesrine DjaberLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Taha KhaldiLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Mahieddine BoumendjelLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Faiza TaibiLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Cherif AbdennourLaboratory of Animal Ecophysiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Amel BoumendjelLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Mahfoud MessarahLaboratory of Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, 23000, Annaba, Algeria.
Badji Mokhtar University · DZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNitrate (NO3) is the most common chemical contaminant in the world's ground water aquifer. Oxidative stress has been proposed as a possible mechanism involved in NO3 toxicity on non-target organism.

objectivesThe current study aimed to elucidate the potential protective effect of

methodsWistar rats were exposed either to NaNO

resultsOur data showed that the exposure of rats to NaNO

conclusionCo-administration of PSO to the NaNO

Indexed as

Chemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryCucurbitaAnimalsAntioxidantsLiverMaleOxidative StressPlant OilsRatsRats, WistarAntioxidantsPlant Oilsanti-oxidant statushepatotoxicityoxidative stressprotectionpumpkin seed oilratSodium nitrateTelfairia occidentalis

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PMID33402930
PMCPMC7750078
OpenAlexW3020996728

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