Research on Reduction of Chemical Toxicity MAK-3 MAK-4 ROS generation Reduced

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Research on Reduction of Chemical Toxicity

source article:

Title
Antioxidant Properties of Two Ayurvedic Herbal Preparations [MAK-4 and MAK-3]

Summary
Toluene is an organic solvent widely used in industry. Exposure to toluene can result in neuronal damage, as manifested by neurobehavioral and electrophysiological effects in humans and rats..... rats pretreated with MAK-5 showed a significant decrease in toluene-induced ROS in the cerebellar synaptosomal/mitochondrial preparations (p<0.03). Also, the alcoholic extract of MAK-5 significantly reduced toluene-induced ROS generation (p<0.03) in the kidney mitochondrial fraction.