Antioxidant N-acetylcysteine attenuates the acute liver injury caused by X-ray in mice

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 575, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Zhang, Luwei ^b   Zhou, Qingming ^a   Wang, Xiaohu ^c   Long, Jing ^a   Dong, Tao ^a   Zhao, Weiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Medicine Science inGansu Province   (China)

Author keywords

Mouse liver; N acetylcysteine; Reactive oxygen species; X ray

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CELL DNA; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; X RAY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; COLORIMETRY; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; X-RAYS;

EID: 35348884949     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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