L-Arginine and l-glutamine as immunonutrients and modulating agents for oxidative stress and toxicity induced by sodium nitrite in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 758-762

  El Sheikh, Nora M ^a   Khalil, Fatma A ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Immune system; L Arginine; L Glutamine; Oxidative stress; Rats; Sodium nitrite

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM NITRITE; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTAMINE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SODIUM NITRITE;

RATTUS;

EID: 79952454024     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.11.039     Document Type: Article

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