Gut microflora & toxic metals: Chromium as a model

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 49-59

  Upreti, R K ^a   Shrivastava, Richa ^a   Chaturvedi, U C ^a,b  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium (VI) reduction; Chromium resistance; Escherichia coli; Gut microflora; Intestinal bacteria; Lactobacillus; Prebiotic; Probiotic; Pseudomonas; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; METAL; PROTEIN P53;

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DETOXIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE CONTROL; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; PROTECTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; TISSUE INJURY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIA; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; SYMBIOSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 1542398139     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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