Effect of taurine on toxicity of copper in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Hwang, D F ^a   Wang, L C ^a   Cheng, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COPPER; FECES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032549451     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00146-4     Document Type: Article

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