Melatonin attenuates acute renal failure and oxidative stress induced by mercuric chloride in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 5 48-5, 2000, Pages

  Nava, Mayerly ^a   Romero, Freddy ^b   Quiroz, Yasmir ^b   Parra, Gustavo ^a,b   Bonet, Lizette ^a   Rodríguez Iturbe, Bernardo ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MARACAIBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Nephrotoxic acute renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033680803     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.2000.279.5.f910     Document Type: Article

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