Selenium effects on gallium arsenide induced biochemical and immunotoxicological changes in rats

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Flora, Swaran J S ^a   Kannan, Gurusamy M ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Gallium arsenide; Haematpoietic effects; Immunotoxicity; Protection; Rat; Selenium supplementation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; BODY WEIGHT; GALLIUM; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIUM;

EID: 0032838477     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(99)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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