Influence of selenium on glutathione and some associated enzymes in rats with mammary tumor induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Chidambaram, Natesan ^a,b   Baradarajan, Anantharanganathan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

glutamyl transpeptidase; glutamylcystein synthetase; Antioxidative enzymes; DMBA; Glutathione; Mammary tumor; Selenium

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ENZYME; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RAT;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIUM;

ANIMALIA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0029877534     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00426331     Document Type: Article

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