Effect of dietary supplementation of vitamin E in partial inhibition of Russell's viper venom phospholipase A2 induced hepatocellular and microsomal membrane damage in rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-374

  Mukherjee, A K ^a,b   Maity, C R ^a  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aalpha tocopherol; Membrane stabilization; Microsomal membrane; Pphospholipase A2.; Russell's viper

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; VIPER VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER LYSOSOME; LIVER MICROSOME; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIPER VENOMS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031544986     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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