Modulatory activity of antioxidants against the toxicity of rifampicin in vivo

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-46

  Awodele, Olufunsho ^a   Akintonwa, Alade ^a   Osunkalu, Vincent O ^a   Coker, Herbert A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Brain and sperm quality; Liver; Modulation; Rifampicin; Toxicity; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; LIVER ENZYME; RIFAMPICIN; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BRAIN; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RIFAMPIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77949680201     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000100007     Document Type: Article

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