Hepatoprotective effects of taurine against mercury induced toxicity in rats

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 753-756

  Jagadeesan, G ^a   Pillai, S Sankarsami ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Mercury; Rat; Taurine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAURINE;

ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTION EFFECT; RODENT; SERUM; TOXICITY;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 35348983434     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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