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Original Articles

Royal jelly arranges apoptotic and oxidative stress pathways and reduces damage to liver tissues of rats by down-regulation of Bcl-2, GSK3 and NF-κB and up-regulation of caspase and Nrf-2 protein signalling pathways

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Pages 217-226 | Received 16 Aug 2022, Accepted 10 Dec 2022, Published online: 27 Dec 2022

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