Antioxidant and cardioprotective activity of Stachys schimperi Vatke against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

• Main Authors: Essam Abdel-Sattar (Author), Sabah Hussein El-Gayed (Author), Ibrahim Shehata (Author), Osama M. Ashour (Author), Ayman A. Nagy (Author), Ahmed M. Mohamadin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiotoxicity is one of the major side effects of anthracycline antibiotics. Most studies implicated increased oxidative stress as the major determinant of doxorubicin (DOX) cardiotoxicity. The aim of the current investigation was to study the possible cardioprotective effect of Stachys schimperi V...