Protective role of carnosine in mice with cadmium-induced acute hepatotoxicity

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2863-2870

  Fouad, Amr A ^a   Qureshi, Habib A ^a   Yacoubi, Mohamed T ^a   AL Melhim, Walid N ^a  

^a Department of Biomedical Sciences   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Carnosine; Hepatotoxicity; Inflammation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CARNOSINE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC ION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CARNOSINE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIVER; MALE; MICE;

MUS;

EID: 70350198016     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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