Ascorbic acid combats arsenic-induced oxidative stress in mice liver

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 639-649

  Banerjee, Pathikrit ^a   Bhattacharyya, Soumya Sundar ^a   Bhattacharjee, Nandini ^a   Pathak, Surajit ^a   Boujedaini, Naoual ^b   Belon, Philippe ^b   Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b Boiron   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Arsenic intoxication; Biomarkers; Electron microscopy; Liver; Mice; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARSENIC; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REDUCTION; RODENT; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIVER; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

MUS;

EID: 54949099210     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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