Arsenic induced haemato-biochemical and histopathological alterations and its levels in certain biological samples of goats

Toxicology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Roy, M ^a   Pandey, P K ^a   Roy, Sushovan ^a   Chauhan, H V S ^a  

^a Anjora

Author keywords

Chronic; Goats; Inorganic arsenic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARSENITE SODIUM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; GOAT; HAIR LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MILK LEVEL; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SKIN TOXICITY; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 47249147579     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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