2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanol does not alter the porphobilinogen synthase inhibition but decreases the mercury content in liver and kidney of suckling rats exposed to HgCl2

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-308

  Roza, Taciane ^a   Coelho Peixoto, Nilce ^a   Welter, Aurea ^a   Moraes Flores, Erico Marlon ^a   Pereira, Maria Ester ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DIMERCAPROL; HEAVY METAL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEATH; DIMERCAPROL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; ORGAN SIZE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 15944374824     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2005.pto960405.x     Document Type: Article

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