title: The effects of Rumex patientia extract on rat liver and erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme system.
abstract: The aqueous extract from the roots of Rumex patientia L. (Polygonaceae) (D-1) was investigated for its effects on rat liver and erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme systems and lipid peroxidation. Measurements of the GSH-Px, SOD and CAT activities, and MDA levels of liver and erythrocytes in D-1 administered animals showed that there was an increase in GSH-Px and SOD activities when compared to that of controls. No significant decrease was observed in catalase activity and no changes in malondialdehyde levels were observed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Siliğ
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Demirezer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase