Comparative evaluation of adenosine deaminase activity in cerebral cortex and hippocampus of young and adult rats: Effect of garlic extract (Allium sativum L.) on their susceptibility to heavy metal exposure

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-413

  Bellé, Luziane Potrich ^a   De Bona, Karine Santos ^a   Abdalla, Faida Husein ^a   Pimentel, Victor Camera ^a   Pigatto, Aline Schirmer ^b   Moretto, Maria Beatriz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO FRANCISCANO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURY; SELENATE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GARLIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; RATTUS;

EID: 64549091520     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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