Protective effects of N-acetyl-L-cysteine against acute carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity in rats

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Maksimchik, Yu Z ^a   Lapshina, E A ^a   Sudnikovich, E Yu ^a   Zabrodskaya, S V ^a   Zavodnik, I B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatotoxicity; Liver; N acetyl L cysteine; Oxidative stress; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LIVER ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIDE; THIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 38549149482     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1382     Document Type: Article

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