Effect of pineal proteins and melatonin on certain biochemical parameters of rats exposed to high-fluoride drinking water

Fluoride

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Bharti, Vijay K ^a   Srivastava, R S ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Buffalo pineal proteins; Fluoride in rats; Glucose; Melatonin; Plasma biochemical parameters

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FLUORIDE; GLUCOSE; MELATONIN; NITROGEN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS BUBALIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79958789737     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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