Role of micronutrients against dimethylmercury intoxication in male rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Joshi, Deepmala ^a   Mittal, Deepak Kumar ^a   Bhadauria, Monika ^a   Nirala, Satendra Kumar ^a   Shrivastava, Sadhana ^a   Shukla, Sangeeta ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetyl cholinesterase; N acetyl cysteine; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURY; OLIVE OIL; SODIUM SELENITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID; ZINC ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CHELATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77951623076     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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