Prevention of cytotoxic effects of arsenic by short-term dietary supplementation with selenium in mice in vivo

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-160

  Biswas, Sonali ^a   Talukder, Geeta ^a   Sharma, Archana ^b  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic cytotoxicity; Arsenic selenium interaction; Dietary intervention

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENITE SODIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER INTOXICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARSENITES; BANGLADESH; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SELENITE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032931692     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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