N-acetyl penicillamine a protector of plasmodium berghei induced stress organ injury in mice

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-307

  Srivastava, Pratima ^a   Arif, Anwar J ^a   Singh, Chanan ^a   Pandey, Vikash C ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Copper; Malaria; N acteyl penicillamine; Plasmodium berghei lipid peroxidation; Stress organ injury; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LIPID; LIPID PEROXIDE; N ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEPATOMEGALY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALARIA; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; STRESS;

EID: 0031257613     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0233     Document Type: Article

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