Ethanol in low chronic dose level attenuates major organic effects in malnourished rats

Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-40

  De Aguiar, A S ^a,b   Boaventura, Gilson T ^a   Abrahão, Rafael F ^a   Freitas, Thatiana L ^a   Takiya, Christina M ^c   Filho, Porphirio J S ^b   Da Silva, Vilma A ^a,d  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Low dose; Malnutrition; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COLLAGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; WATER;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER CELL; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LIVER; MALNUTRITION; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350026696     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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