Modification of mercury-induced biochemical alterations in blood of Swiss albino mice by Spirulina fusiformis

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Sharma, Mukesh Kumar ^a,b   Patni, Reena ^a   Kumar, Madhu ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b Department of Zoology   (India)

Author keywords

Blood; Calcium; Glutathione; Iron; Lipid peroxidation; Mercury; Phosphatase; Spirulina fusiformis

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; OLIVE OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRULINA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 23044457102     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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