Protective role of thiol chelators against dimethylmercury induced toxicity in male rats

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 613-617

  Joshi, Deepmala ^a   Mittal, Deepak Kumar ^a   Shrivastava, Sadhana ^a   Shukla, Sangeeta ^a  

^a School of Studies in Zoology   (India)

Author keywords

Dimethylmercury; Dithiothreitol; Lipid peroxidation; N acetyl cysteine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION LEVELS; MALE RATS; MERCURY ION; MODE OF ACTION; N-ACETYL CYSTEINE; REDUCED GLUTATHIONE; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATASES; RATS;

TOXICITY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHELATING AGENT; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METABOLISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHELATING AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYMES; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77954459220     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-9982-3     Document Type: Article

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