Effect of dehydrated carrot on the antioxidant enzymes and micronuclei formation in rats challenged with dimethylhydrazine

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 893-897

  Anilakumar, K R ^a   Khanum, Farhath ^a   Sudarshanakrishna, K R ^a   Viswanathan, K R ^a   Santhanam, K ^a  

^a DEFENCE FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Carrot; Detoxifying enzymes; Dimethylhydrazine; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034212378     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00165-2     Document Type: Article

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