Effects of electromagnetic radiation use on oxidant/antioxidant status and DNA turn-over enzyme activities in erythrocytes and heart, kidney, liver, and ovary tissues from rats: Possible protective role of vitamin C

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 679-683

  Devrim, Erdinç ^a   Ergüder, Imge B ^a   Kiliçoǧlu, Bülent ^b   Yaykaşli, Emine ^a   Çetin, Recep ^b   Durak, Ilker ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Hospital Clinics of General Surgery   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic radiation; Mobile phone EMR; Oxidative stress; Rat tissues; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEART; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ERRATUM; ERROR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 57349195153     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510701380182     Document Type: Article

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