Further evidence of centrophenoxine mediated protection in aluminium exposed rats by biochemical and light microscopy analysis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2499-2505

  Nehru, Bimla ^a   Bhalla, Punita ^a   Garg, Aarti ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Centrophenoxine; Glutathione; Histoarchitecture; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLUTATHIONE; MECLOFENOXATE;

ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MECLOFENOXATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 35348952487     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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