Effect of Nicotine on Antioxidant Defence Mechanisms in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Ashakumary, L ^a   Vijayammal, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Atherogenic diet; Lipid peroxidation; Malondialdehyde; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; NICOTINE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0029968053     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: 14230313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139379     Document Type: Article

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