Role of vitamin-E on rat liver-amiodarone: An ultrastructural study

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-110

  Zaki, Mohamed Samir A ^a,b   Eid, Refaat A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b College of Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Rat liver; Ultrastructural study; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMIODARONE; PHOSPHOLIPID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDING; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 64149089556     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.48967     Document Type: Article

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