Carbon tetrachloride-induced nephrotoxicity and protective effect of betaine in Sprague-Dawley rats

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-356

  Ozturk, Feral ^a   Ucar, Muharrem ^b   Ozturk, I Cetin ^b   Vardi, Nigar ^b   Batcioglu, Kadir ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0042123515     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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