L-arginine ameliorates kidney function and urinary bladder sensitivity in experimentally-induced renal dysfunction in rats

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-378

  Mansour, Mahmoud A ^a,b   Al Shabanah, Othman A ^a   El Khashef, Hassan A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Creatinine; Kidney; L Arginine; Oxidative stress; Rat; Urea

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALBUMIN; ARGININE; CATALASE; CISPLATIN; CREATININE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENT; INJECTION; ISOLATED KIDNEY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041828825     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2003.36.4.373     Document Type: Article

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