Attenuation of phosphamidon-induced oxidative stress and immune dysfunction in rats treated with N-acetylcysteine

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 765-768

  Suke, S G ^a   Ahmed, R S ^a   Pathak, R ^a   Tripathi, A K ^a   Banerjee, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cytokines; Immunotoxicity; Organophosphate; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; OVALBUMIN; PHOSPHAMIDON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 54349124404     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2008000900004     Document Type: Article

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