C-Phycocyanin: An effective protective agent against thymic atrophy by tributyltin

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-11

  Gupta, Monika ^a   Dwivedi, Upendra Nath ^b   Khandelwal, Shashi ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C Phycocyanin; Oxidative stress; Rat; Thymic atrophy; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

C PHYCOCYANIN; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; PHYCOCYANIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; TRIBUTYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYCOCYANIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMUS GLAND; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

RATTUS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 79957868274     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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