Protective effects of glutathione and vitamins on the nutrients of developing chick against methylmercury intoxication

Research Communications in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 3-22

  Sood, P P ^b   Sinha, N ^b   Ansari, N H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Detoxication; Developing chick; Elimination of mercury; Glutathione; Intoxication; Methylmercury; Nutritional deficiency; Pretoxication with methylmercury; Restoration of nutritional status; Vitamin B complex; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BEPLEX; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0038697800     PISSN: 10871101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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