Influence of N-acetylcysteine against dimethylnitrosamine induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 914-922

  Priya, Sathish ^a   Vijayalakshmi, Paramasivan ^a   Vivekanandan, Palani ^a   Karthikeyan, Sivanesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Dimethylnitrosamine; hepatotoxicity; lipid peroxidation; N acetylcysteine; oxidative stress.

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 81255189019     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711399323     Document Type: Article

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