Effect of selenium pretreatment in chronic mercury intoxication in rats

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-310

  Agarwal, R ^a   Behari, J R ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure; Mercury toxicity; Rats; Selenium pretreatment

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY TOXICITY; SELENIUM PRETREATMENT;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MERCURY (METAL); RATS; SELENIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURY; RATS; SELENIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548588311     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9226-3     Document Type: Article

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