Effect of α-ketoglutarate on cyanide-induced biochemical alterations in rat brain and liver

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Tulsawani, Rajkumar ^a   Bhattacharya, R ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

ketoglutarate; Gyanide; Hepatotoxicity; Neurotoxicity; Protection; Sodium thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; ANTIDOTE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOSULFATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; BRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POISONING; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 33645968434     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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