Spirulina fusiformis provides protection against mercuric chloride induced oxidative stress in Swiss albino mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2412-2419

  Sharma, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Sharma, Ambika ^b   Kumar, Ashok ^b   Kumar, Madhu ^b  

^a RL Saharia Govt PG College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Catalase; Glutathione S transferase; Lipid peroxidation; Mercury; Reduced glutathione; Spirulina; Superoxide dismutase; Transaminases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OLIVE OIL; SPIRULINA FUSIFORMIS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPIRULINA; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPIRULINA;

MUS; SPIRULINA;

EID: 35349008442     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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