Assessing the metabolic and toxic effects of anticonvulsant doses of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the liver in rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1191-1200

  Taha, Ameer Y ^a   Alizadeh, Solmaz ^a   Zeng, Qiudi H ^a   Filo, Elvis ^a   McPherson, J Peter ^a   Burnham, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A4; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A LYASE; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MINERAL OIL; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SR 3; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKER; KETOACIDOSIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CATALASE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; OXO-ACID-LYASES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 75149133654     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903091889     Document Type: Article

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