N-acetylcysteine reduced the effect of ethanol on antioxidant system in rat plasma and brain tissue

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-77

  Aydin, Seval ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Uzun, Hafize ^a   Belce, Ahmet ^a   Uslu, Ezel ^a   Tahan, Veysel ^a   Altug, Tuncay ^b   Dumen, Emek ^a   Senturk, Hakan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Ethanol; N acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL GROUP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHANOL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 12244307208     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.198.71     Document Type: Article

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