Effects of magnetic field on hyaluronidase and β-D-glucuronidase activity and on hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate levels in rat liver

Electro- and Magnetobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-366

  Kula, Boguslaw ^a   Grzesik, Jan ^a   Wardas, Maria ^a   Kuśka, Rafał ^a   Goss, Mágorzata ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulfate; ELF magnetic field; Hyaluronic acid; Hyaluronidase activity; Static magnetic field; D glucuronidase activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346307977     PISSN: 10619526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368379809030736     Document Type: Article

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