Ultrastructural and DNA damaging effects of lead nitrate in the liver

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Narayana, K ^a   Al Bader, Maie ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA damage; Heavy metal toxicity; Hepatotoxicity; Mitochondrial toxicity; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

LEAD NITRATE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; URANYL ACETATE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ITO CELL; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RAT; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEPATOCYTES; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; NECROSIS; NITRATES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650174556     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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