Environmental and Health: Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine to reduce the effects of aflatoxin B1 intoxication in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 727-734

  Valdivia, A G ^a   Martinez A ^a   Damian F J ^a   Quezada, T ^a   Ortiz R ^a   Martinez C ^b   Llamas, J ^b   Rodriguez M L ^b   Yamamoto, L ^b   Jaramillo, F ^b   Loarca Pina M G ^c   Reyes, J L ^d  

^a Agricultural Sciences Centre   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Hepatotoxicity; N acetylcysteine; Nephrotoxicity; Plasma protein

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; GLOMERULUS; MAMMALIA;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AFLATOXIN B1; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHICKEN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AFLATOXIN B1; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035377077     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.6.727     Document Type: Article

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