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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2017, Article ID 5370545, 11 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5370545
Research Article

Antioxidant Properties and Cardioprotective Mechanism of Malaysian Propolis in Rats

Romana Ahmed,1 E. M. Tanvir,2 Md. Sakib Hossen,1 Rizwana Afroz,1 Istiyak Ahmmed,1 Nur-E-Noushin Rumpa,1 Sudip Paul,1 Siew Hua Gan,3 Siti Amrah Sulaiman,4 and Md. Ibrahim Khalil1,3

1Laboratory of Preventive and Integrative Biomedicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
2Veterinary Drug Residue Analysis Division, Institute of Food & Radiation Biology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Savar, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
3Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
4Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia

Correspondence should be addressed to Siew Hua Gan; ym.msu@naghs and Md. Ibrahim Khalil; moc.liamg@lilahkimrd

Received 8 July 2016; Accepted 20 October 2016; Published 2 February 2017

Academic Editor: Andrzej K. Kuropatnicki

Copyright © 2017 Romana Ahmed 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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