Arsenic intoxication-induced reduction of glutathione level and of the activity of related enzymes in rat brain regions: Reversal by DL-α-lipoic acid

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-146

  Shila, Samuel ^a   Subathra, Marimuthu ^a   Devi, Muthuswamy Anusuya ^a   Panneerselvam, Chinnakkannu ^a  

^a Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; Arsenic; Brain regions; Glutathione; Lipoic acid

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BRAIN; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOCTIC ACID;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 17444429976     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-004-0614-8     Document Type: Article

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