Biochemical and immunological changes on oral glutamate feeding in male albino rats

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 201-204

  Kumar, Devendra ^a   Bansal, Anju ^a   Thomas, Pauline ^a   Sairam, M ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Mongia, S S ^a   Singh, R ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hypoxia; Immunity; Metabolic stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE;

ALBINISM; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALBINISM; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FREE RADICALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033111591     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050105     Document Type: Article

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