Effectiveness of ZnCl2 in protecting against nephrotoxicity induced by HgCl2 in newborn rats

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-446

  Peixoto, N C ^a   Pereira, M E ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Sintese   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glycemia; Glycogen; Hepatic function; Mercury; Renal function; Young rats; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; ZINC CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE; CREATINE; GLYCOGEN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

CARBOHYDRATE; CHLORIDE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEONATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RODENT; TOXICITY TEST; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER; METABOLISM;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLORIDES; CREATINE; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UREA; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846813779     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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