Comparative protective effect of N-acetyl cysteine and tetramethylpyrazine in rats with gentamicin nephrotoxicity

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Ali, B H ^a   Al Salam, S ^b   Al Husseinia, I ^a   Nemmar, A ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Gentamicin; N acetyl cysteine; Rats; Tertamethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ENZYMURIA; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; GENTAMICINS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UREA; URODYNAMICS;

RATTUS;

EID: 65649128628     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1409     Document Type: Article

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