Free radicals and antioxidant status in rat liver after dietary exposure of environmental mercury

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Ji, Xiuling ^a,b   Wang, Wenhua ^b   Cheng, Jinping ^b   Yuan, Tao ^b   Zhao, Xiaoxiang ^a   Zhuang, Huisheng ^a   Qu, Liya ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guizhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection Science   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Enviromental mercury exposure; Free radicals; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 33748952143     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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