Role of ethanol on aluminum induced biochemical changes on rat brain

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-57

  Nayak, Prasunpriya ^a   Das, Subir Kumar ^b   Vasudevan, D M ^b  

^a NRI Medical College and General Hospital   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Brain; Ethanol; Phosphatase; Transaminase

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALUMINUM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRAIN PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 33751040082     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: 09701915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02912912     Document Type: Article

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