The effect of homocysteine thiolactone on acetylcholinesterase activity in rat brain, blood and heart

Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Petrovic, Milan ^a   Fufanovic, Ivan ^b   Elezovic, Iris ^b   Colovic, Mirjana ^c   Krstic, Danijela ^b   Jakovljevic, Vladimir ^d   Djuric, Dragan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Homocysteine thiolactone; Specific enzyme activity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTHANASIA; HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 77950431504     PISSN: 18208665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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