Effects of N-acetylcysteine on methotrexate-induced small intestinal damage in rats

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1086-1092

  Ciralik, Harun ^a,c   Bulbuloglu, Ertan ^a   Cetinkaya, Ali ^a   Kurutas, Ergul Belge ^a   Celik, Mustafa ^a   Polat, Alaattin ^b  

^a KSU Medical School   (Turkey)

^b Malatya Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^c KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Methotrexate; N acetylcysteine; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHOTREXATE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE INJURY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33847753133     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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