Chronic toxicity of menazon and relation to oxidative stress in red blood cells of rats

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Ebadi, A G ^a   Shokrzadeh, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Acute toxicity; Menazon; Oxidative stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745299261     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.67.71     Document Type: Article

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