title: The antioxidant effects of dry apricot in the various tissues of rats with induced cold restraint stress.
abstract: α-Tocopherol and β-carotene are the best known and most widely used natural antioxidant substances. Apricot contains β-carotene, tocopherols and flavonoids. This experimental study was designed to investigate the protective effect of Malatya kabashi apricot in stress-induced injury in various tissues of rats. In total, 32 male Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups: control, apricot, stress and apricot-stress groups. Apricot was administrated to rats by gavage for 10 days in the apricot and apricot-stress groups. Then rats were kept at 4°C for 4 h in stress and apricot-stress groups. The rats were killed at the end of the experiment for biochemical and histological examinations. This study shows apricot supplementation decreased oxidative stress injury in both the stomach and intestine.
authors: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Turgul Özal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. suguralp@inonu.edu.tr
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Uguralp
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Ozturk
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Aktay
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cetin
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Gursoy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D027861:Prunus / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol / Q000378:metabolism; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D019207:beta Carotene; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol