The interaction of selenium and mercury in the accumulations and oxidative stress of rat tissues

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Su, Li ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Yin, Shu Ting ^a   Wang, Hui Li ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Sun, Li Guang ^a   Ruan, Di Yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

GSH; MDA; Mercury; Rat tissues; Selenium; SOD

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RODENT; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 43649094882     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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