Protective effects of methimazole against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Bräunlich, Helmut ^a   Appenroth, Dorothea ^a   Fleck, Christian ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Methimazole; Nephrotoxicity; Radical scavengers; Rat

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; THIAMAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIPID PEROXIDES; METHIMAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0031054265     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199701)17:1<41::AID-JAT388>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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