Evaluation of comparative effect of pre- and posttreatment of selenium on mercury-Induced oxidative stress, histological alterations, and metallothionein mRNA expression in rats

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-135

  Agarwal, Rakhi ^a,b   Raisuddin, S ^b   Tewari, Shikha ^a   Goel, Sudhir K ^a   Raizada, R B ^a   Behari, JaiRaj ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Mercury; Metallothionein expression; Oxidative stress; Selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77950816143     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: 10990461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20320     Document Type: Article

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