Cholesterol and triglyceride fluctuations in mice tissues during methylmercury intoxication and monothiols and vitamin therapy

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-162

  Sood, P P ^a   Bapu, C ^a   Sinha, N ^a   Rao, A P ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Detoxication; Intoxication; Methylmercury; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; THIOLACTONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; INTOXICATION; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030727443     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590849762565     Document Type: Article

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