Protective effects of α-tocopherol and N-acetyl-cysteine on diazinon-induced oxidative stress and acetylcholinesterase inhibition in rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Shadnia, Shahin ^a   Dasgar, Mojgan ^b   Taghikhani, Sepideh ^b   Mohammadirad, Azadeh ^b   Khorasani, Reza ^b   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Diazinon; N Acetyl Cysteine; Organophosphate Insecticides; Oxidative Stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DIMPYLATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVALUATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846997221     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510600860318     Document Type: Article

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