Iron-Mediated Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization in Ethanol-Induced Hepatic Oxidative Damage and Apoptosis: Protective Effects of Quercetin

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Quercetin decreased liver total iron and labial iron pool (LIP) as well as DFO. Mice liver total iron (a) and LIP (b) were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Each value represents the mean ± SD (). Ft-L expression was measured by Western blotting and the band densities were measured by Image J software (c, ). C: control; E: ethanol; EQ: ethanol plus quercetin; ED: ethanol plus DFO; Q: quercetin; D: DFO. A: versus the control; B: versus the ethanol group.

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