Effect of long term intake of aspartame on antioxidant defense status in liver

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1203-1207

  Abhilash, M ^a   Paul, M V Sauganth ^a   Varghese, Mathews V ^a   Nair, R Harikumaran ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspartame; Glutathione; Hepatocellular injury; Histopathology; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTAME; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTAME; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWEETENING AGENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79955675274     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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