Chemical forms of metallothionein and cellular oxidative stress in human hepatocellular carcinoma: A comparative study with the hepatitis of LEC rat

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-45

  Ali, Shakir ^a   Diwakar, G ^a   Pawa, Sonica ^b   Siddiqui, M R ^a   Jain, S K ^a   Abdulla, M ^a,b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Trace Element Institute for UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Human hepatocellular carcinoma; Long Evans Cinnamon rats; Metal ions; Metallothionein; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METAL ION; METALLOTHIONEIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALIA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036149463     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.10003     Document Type: Article

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