Protective effect of N-acetylcysteine against radiation induced DNA damage and hepatic toxicity in rats

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 773-780

  Mansour, Heba H ^a   Hafez, Hafez F ^b   Fahmy, Nadia M ^a   Hanafi, Nemat ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Radiation; Antioxidant; N Acetylcysteine; Nitric oxide and DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RAYS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 37849004297     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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