Vitamin E prevents deleterious effects of di (2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate, a plasticizer used in PVC blood storage bags

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 871-875

  Dhanya, C R ^a   Gayathri, N S ^a   Mithra, K ^a   Neelakantan Nair, K V ^a   Kurup, P A ^a  

^a Metabolic Disorders Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Cortisol; DEHP; Glucose; Insulin; Na+ K+ ATPase; T 3; T4; TSH; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL MEMBRANE; THALASSEMIA; THYROID;

BLOOD; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISEASE CONTROL; HORMONES; PATIENT MONITORING;

VITAMINS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; PLASTICIZERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROTROPIN; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444318085     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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