Reduction of blood lead levels in lead-exposed mice by dietary supplements and natural antioxidants

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-491

  Jiao, Jingjing ^a,b   Lü, Guishan ^c   Liu, Xiaojie ^c   Zhu, Hui ^c   Zhang, Yu ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wahaha Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Calcium; Dietary supplements; Iron; Natural antioxidants; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; IRON INTAKE; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; IRON, DIETARY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICRONUTRIENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; ZINC;

CHRYSANTHEMUM; LYCIUM; MUS;

EID: 78651080362     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4210     Document Type: Article

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