Dietary β-carotene protects lung and liver parenchyma of rats treated with monocrotaline

Toxicology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-80

  Baybutt, Richard C ^a   Molteni, Agostino ^b  

^a Coll Hum Ecol Justin Hall K ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotene; Inflammation; Monocrotaline; Pathology; Right ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; MONOCROTALINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; COLLAGEN; DIET; FATTY LIVER; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MONOCROTALINE; POISONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032864104     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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