Protective effects of omega-3 essential fatty acids against formaldehyde-induced cerebellar damage in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 489-495

  Zararsiz, Ismail ^a   Meydan, Sedat ^a   Sarsilmaz, Mustafa ^b   Songur, Ahmet ^c   Ozen, Oguz Aslan ^d   Sogut, Sadik ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cerebellum; Formaldehyde; omega 3 fatty acids; rat

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FORMALDEHYDE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DISINFECTANTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FORMALDEHYDE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959801802     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710389852     Document Type: Article

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