Hepatic iron accumulation is not directly associated with induction of DNA strand breaks in the liver cells of Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rats

Experimental Animals

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-48

  Hayashi, Masanobu ^a   Kuge, Tomoko ^a   Endoh, Daiji ^a   Nakayama, Kenji ^b   Arikawa, Jiro ^c   Takazawa, Akira ^d   Okui, Toyo ^b  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA strand breaks; Iron; LEC rat; Liver cells

Indexed keywords

CINNAMOMUM VERUM;

COPPER; IRON;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; IRON INTAKE; LIVER; METABOLISM; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; COPPER; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LIVER; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0036370310     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.51.43     Document Type: Article

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