Is α-tocopherol effective in the amelioration of cadmium-induced thyroid dysfunction?

Trace Elements and Electrocytes

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 150-153

  Gupta, P ^a   Kar, A ^a,b  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Antioxidant enzymes; Lipid peroxidation; Thyroid hormones; Type I iodothyronine 5' monodeiodinase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CATALASE; LIOTHYRONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030792804     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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