Protective Effect of Safranal against Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rat

Gentamicin is an important aminoglycoside antibiotic. Howeverits use is limited to serious and life threatening gram negativeinfections, because of its high nephrotoxicity potential in patients.There are reports that safranal, the active ingredient ofsaffron with antioxidant properties, exerts prote...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Taher Boroushaki, Hamid Reza Sadeghnia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2009-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/files/PDFfiles/09-Dr_%20Boroushaki.pdf781976685.pdf