Adverse effects of mercuric chloride on thyroid of mice, Musculus albinus and pattern of recovery of the damaged activity

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-111

  Tiwari, Vishwas ^a   Bhattacharya, Lata ^a  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Essentiale phospholipids; Thyroid peroxidase; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; THYROXINE;

CHLORIDE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURIALISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALIA; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1342321691     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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