Chloroform-induced oxidative stress in rat liver: Implication of metallothionein

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 487-496

  Abbassi, Riadh ^a   Chamkhia, Naoufel ^a   Sakly, Mohsen ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

chloroform; glutathione; glutathione peroxidase; liver; metallothionein; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHLOROFORM; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPOSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLOROFORM; LIVER; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 77956251583     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710373088     Document Type: Article

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