Protective role of ascorbic acid against lead toxicity in blood of albino mice as revealed by metal uptake, lipid profiles, and ultrastructural features of erythrocytes

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1189-1196

  Bhattacharjee, C R ^a   Dey, S ^b   Goswami, P ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HEMOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; LEAD POISONING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; LEAD POISONING; LIPIDS; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038474130     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0108-z     Document Type: Article

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