Hepatotoxic effect of alcohol on female rats and siblings: Effect of N- acetylcysteine

Hepatology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-50

  Rajakrishnan, V ^a   Viswanathan, P ^a   Menon, V P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Free fatty acids; Lipid peroxidation; Liver; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LITTER SIZE; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIBLING;

EID: 0031438972     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(97)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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