Aflatoxin B1 induces apoptosis in rat liver: Protective effect of melatonin

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 417-426

  Meik, A R M A ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, S Kh ^a   El Gibaly, I ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Histopathology; Liver; Melatonin; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; ZINC;

AFLATOXICOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035667344     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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