Reversible hyperglycemia in rats following acute exposure to acephate, an organophosphorus insecticide: Role of gluconeogenesis

Toxicology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 40-45

  Joshi, Apurva Kumar R ^a   Rajini, P S ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acephate; Corticosterone; Gluconeogenesis; Hepatic glycogen; Hyperglycemia; Rat adrenals

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; LIVER ENZYME; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; FASTING; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MALE; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE TRANSAMINASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 58649087789     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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