Effect of uric acid on nephrotoxicity induced by mercuric chloride in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-174

  Durante, Paula ^a   Romero, Freddy ^a   Pérez, Mariela ^a   Chávez, Maribel ^b   Parra, Gustavo ^b  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas IVIC Zulia   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

acute renal failure; mercuric chloride; nephrotoxicity; oxidative stress; uric acid

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URIC ACID;

RATTUS;

EID: 77950485204     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710362377     Document Type: Article

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