Protective effect of melatonin against propoxur-induced oxidative stress and suppression of humoral immune response in rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 312-315

  Suke, Sanvidhan G ^a   Kumar, Achint ^b   Ahmed, Rafat S ^a   Chakraborti, Ayanabha ^a   Tripathi, A K ^a   Mediratta, P K ^b   Banerjee, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Carbamate; Humoral immunity; Immunotoxicity; Lipid peroxidation; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; PROPOXUR;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPOXUR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33645976487     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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