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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 254835, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/254835
Research Article

Pummelo Protects Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Cell Death by Reducing Oxidative Stress, Modifying Glutathione Transferase Expression, and Preventing Cellular Senescence

L. Chularojmontri,1 O. Gerdprasert,2 and S. K. Wattanapitayakul3

1Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
2Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok 10110, Thailand

Received 15 November 2012; Accepted 25 December 2012

Academic Editor: Weena Jiratchariyakul

Copyright © 2013 L. Chularojmontri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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