Prophylactic and therapeutic effects of taurine against aluminum-induced acute hepatotoxicity in mice

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 880-886

  El Sayed, Wael M ^a,b   Al Kahtani, Mohamed A ^a   Abdel Moneim, Ashraf M ^a,c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Antioxidant and cytoprotective enzymes; Glutathione system; Hepatotoxicity; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT AND CYTOPROTECTIVE ENZYMES; CELLULAR DEGENERATION; DAMAGING EFFECTS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONES; HEPATOCYTES; HEPATOTOXICITY; HEPATOTOXINS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUMS; SINGLE-DOSE; TAURINE; THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACIDS; BODY FLUIDS; MAMMALS; SULFUR;

ALUMINUM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALUMINUM; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; MALONALDEHYDE; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALUMINUM; AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC ACID; RODENT; SERUM; SULFUR; TOXICITY TEST; TOXIN; TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TAURINE;

MUS;

EID: 79960174856     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.100     Document Type: Article

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