Immunomodulatory role of piperine in cadmium induced thymic atrophy and splenomegaly in mice

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-60

  Pathak, Neelima ^a   Khandelwal, Shashi ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cadmium; Piperine; Splenomegaly; Thymic atrophy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PIPERINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; WEIGHT GAIN;

MUS; PIPER LONGUM; PIPER NIGRUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 67349267335     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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