Protective role of melatonin against the mercury induced oxidative stress in the rat thyroid

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-10

  Rao, Mandava V ^a   Chhunchha, B ^a  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant and metabolic indices; Inorganic mercury; Melatonin; Oxidative stress; Rat; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; THYROID GLAND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYMES; MALE; MELATONIN; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 72149092942     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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