Hepatoprotective effects of whey protein isolate against acute liver toxicity induced by dimethylnitrosamine in rat

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Oryan, Ahmad ^a   Eftekhari, Mohammad Hasan ^b   Ershad, Maryam ^b   Panjehshahin, Mohammad Reza ^c   Tabatabaei, Hamid Reza ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute liver injury; Dimethylnitrosamine; Rat; Whey protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955876698     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-0986-5     Document Type: Article

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