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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2022

Reduction of Hepatic Steatosis, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Ballooning and Insulin Resistance After Therapy with Safranal in NAFLD Animal Model: A New Approach.

Usman Sabir, Hafiz Muhammad Irfan, Alamgeer, Aman Ullah, Yusuf S Althobaiti, Mulazim Hussain Asim

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Usman SabirDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-2149-5941
Hafiz Muhammad IrfanDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-0572-2072
AlamgeerPunjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Aman UllahCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-0066-3280
Yusuf S AlthobaitiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3128-2824
Mulazim Hussain AsimDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-1910-9615
University of Sargodha · PKShifa Tameer-e-Millat University · PKTaif University · SAUniversity of the Punjab · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is intimately linked to hepatic steatosis, inflammation, insulin resistance (IR), oxidative stress (OS), and ballooning. A high fat diet (HFD) is considered a major etiological factor that primarily covers the numerous features of NAFLD.

methodsThe present study aimed to evaluate the protective effect of safranal on hepatic steatosis, OS, liver index, IR index, liver function enzymes, plasma lipids, TNF-α, malondialdehyde (MDA), advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) and nitrite (NO

resultsHFD significantly induced hepatic steatosis, OS, IR, liver, and oxidative enzyme elevation and inflammation in experimental animals. Rats treated with safranal in ascending order of doses 250 and 500 mg/kg orally for 4-weeks showed a reduction in hepatic lipid's accumulation, liver index, hepatic enzymes, collagen, hepatic oxidonitrative stress markers (like AOPP, MDA and NO

conclusionFindings of blood and tissue analysis concluded that safranal can be a good choice in the management and cure of NAFLD.

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glutathioneinflammationinsulin resistancenon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasesafranal

Identifiers

PMID35241921
PMCPMC8886028
OpenAlexW4214592078

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