Toxic effects of various dietary levels of combined cadmium chloride and zinc chloride on male wistar rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Rhman, N H A ^a   Bakhiet, A O ^b   Adam, S E I ^a  

^a AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Nephropathy; Testicular injury; Toxicity; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; UREA; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SIZE; TESTIS INJURY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY TESTING; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 77955502123     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: 2152100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2011.76.81     Document Type: Article

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