Taiwanese and Japanese yam (Dioscorea spp.) extracts attenuate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in mice

The present study was designed to explore whether yam could protect the heart from doxorubicin (DOX)-induced oxidative stress leading to cardiotoxicity in vivo. In this study, the protective effects of water and ethanol extracts of three varieties of yam, including water extracts of Dioscorea japoni...

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Main Authors: Chih-Tai Chen, Zhi-Hong Wang, Cheng-Chin Hsu, Hui-Hsuan Lin, Jing-Hsien Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Food and Drug Analysis
Subjects:
yam
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1021949816301351