Toxicity of chronic ethanol ingestion and superoxide radical formation on seminal vesicles of rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1003-1007

  Novelli, E L B ^a   Rodrigues, N L ^a   Ribas, B O ^b   Novelli Filho, J L V B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE;

EID: 0030267909     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(96)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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