Important roles of dietary taurine, creatine, carnosine, anserine and 4-hydroxyproline in human nutrition and health

G Wu - Amino acids, 2020‏ - Springer
Taurine (a sulfur-containing β-amino acid), creatine (a metabolite of arginine, glycine and
methionine), carnosine (a dipeptide; β-alanyl-l-histidine), and 4-hydroxyproline (an imino …

[HTML][HTML] Physiology and pathophysiology of carnosine

AA Boldyrev, G Aldini, W Derave - Physiological reviews, 2013‏ - journals.physiology.org
Abstract Carnosine (β-alanyl-l-histidine) was discovered in 1900 as an abundant non-
protein nitrogen-containing compound of meat. The dipeptide is not only found in skeletal …

Protective effects of apigenin and myricetin against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in mice

SM Hassan, MM Khalaf, SA Sadek… - Pharmaceutical …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Context: Currently, the outcomes of the use of cisplatin in cancer therapy is limited by
nephrotoxicity. Objective: This study aims to investigate the nephroprotective role of …

Therapeutic potential of carnosine and its derivatives in the treatment of human diseases

K Chmielewska, K Dzierzbicka… - Chemical Research …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Despite significant progress in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, their occurrence and mortality are still high around …

Carnosic acid attenuates renal injury in an experimental model of rat cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity

BD Sahu, KKR Rentam, UK Putcha, M Kuncha… - Food and Chemical …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Nephrotoxicity is one of the serious dose limiting side effects of cisplatin when used in the
treatment of various malignant conditions. Accumulating evidence suggests that oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] Icariin ameliorates cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in human embryonic kidney 293 cells by suppressing ROS-mediated PI3K/Akt pathway

Y Zhou, J Hou, G Yang, S Jiang, C Chen… - Biomedicine & …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Cisplatin, as an effective chemotherapeutic agent, is widely used to treat verious types of
cancers. Nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin seriously limits its clinical application. Icariin, a …

Carnosine and cancer: a perspective

F Gaunitz, AR Hipkiss - Amino acids, 2012‏ - Springer
The application of carnosine in medicine has been discussed since several years, but many
claims of therapeutic effects have not been substantiated by rigorous experimental …

Antioxidant and protective effect of Stachys pilifera Benth against nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin in rats

H Sadeghi, M Mansourian… - Journal of Food …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The aim of current study was to assess the antioxidant and renoprotective effects of Stachys
pilifera Benth (SPB) hydroalcoholic extract on nephrotoxicity induced with cisplatin (CP) …

The footprints of mitochondrial impairment and cellular energy crisis in the pathogenesis of xenobiotics-induced nephrotoxicity, serum electrolytes imbalance, and …

R Heidari - Toxicology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Fanconi's Syndrome (FS) is a disorder characterized by impaired renal proximal tubule
function. FS is associated with a vast defect in the renal reabsorption of several chemicals …

Carnosine ameliorates liver fibrosis and hyperammonemia in cirrhotic rats

A Jamshidzadeh, R Heidari, Z Latifpour… - Clinics and Research in …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Aim Chronic liver injury and cirrhosis leads to liver failure. Hyperammonemia is a
deleterious consequence of liver failure. On the other hand, oxidative stress seems to play a …