Hepatoprotective activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, captopril and enalapril, against paraquat toxicity

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Pourahmad, Jalal ^a   Hosseini, Mir Jamal ^a   Bakan, Soudeh ^a   Ghazi Khansari, Mahmoud ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Captopril; Enalapril; Oxidative stress; Paraquat; Rat hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

EID: 78650884744     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: 10959939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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