Hepatic and renal metallothionein induction by an oral equimolar dose of zinc, cadmium or mercury in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 571-577

  Tandon, S K ^a   Singh, S ^a   Prasad, S ^a   Mathur, N ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Kidney; Liver; Mercury; Metallothionein; Mice; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORIDES; ENZYME INDUCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035022241     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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