Effect of taurine on toxicity of vitamin A in rats

Food Chemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 260-268

  Yeh, Yen Hung ^a   Lee, Ya Ting ^b   Hsieh, Hung Sheng ^c   Hwang, Deng Fwu ^c  

^a TOKO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Nephrotoxicity; Taurine; Toxicity; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; RETINOL; TAURINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34548238752     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.05.084     Document Type: Article

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