Vitamin E protects against bacterial endotoxin-induced increase of plasma corticosterone and brain glutamate in the rat

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-105

  Al Shabanah, O A ^a   Mostafa, Y H ^a   Hassan, M T ^a   Khairaldin, A A ^a   Al Sawaf, H A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAURINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOTOXINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0029875643     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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