The effects of dietary boric acid and borax supplementation on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant activity, and DNA damage in rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Ince, Sinan ^a   Kucukkurt, Ismail ^b   Cigerci, Ibrahim Hakki ^c   Fatih Fidan, A ^b   Eryavuz, Abdullah ^d  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*  (Turkey)

^c Department of Biology   (Turkey)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Borax; Boric acid; DNA damage; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BORATES; BORIC ACIDS; CATALASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77953537212     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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