Effect of melatonin on cadmium-induced hepatotoxicity in male sprague-dawley rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-213

  Kim, Choong Yong ^a,c   Lee, Min Jae ^b   Lee, Sang Mok ^a   Lee, Won Chang ^a   Kim, Jin Suk ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Glutathione; Hepatotoxicity; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032464965     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.186.205     Document Type: Article

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