Effect of vitamin C on liver and kidney functions in normal and diabetic rats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1084, Issue , 2006, Pages 371-390

  Al Shamsi, Mariam ^a   Amin, Amr ^a   Adeghate, Ernest ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Electrolytes; Kidney function test; Liver function test; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34047189224     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1372.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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